(pad)


1. A cushion of soft material, usually cotton or rayon, used to apply pressure, relieve pressure, or support an organ or part.
2. A fleshlike or fatty mass.

abdominal pad

A dressing for absorbing discharges from surgical wounds of the abdomen.

Bichat's fat pad

SEE: Sucking pad.

buccal fat pad

SEE: Sucking pad.

dinner pad

A pad placed on the abdomen before application of a plaster cast.

dorsocervical fat pad

SEE: Buffalo hump.

fat pad

SEE: 1. Sucking pad.
2. A layer of adipose tissue (usually capsulated) that protects structures from direct impact. Fat pads are found in various locations in the body: beneath the patellar tendon; under the calcaneus; or behind the elbow.

kidney pad

An air or water pad fixed on an abdominal belt belt for external protection of the kidney.

knuckle pad

A discrete fibromatous pad appearing over a finger joint. It usually appears between the ages of 15 and 30. The cause is unknown, but trauma is not a significant factor.

laparotomy pad

A gauze pad with radioopaque marker employed to absorb fluids and/ or to pack off mobile viscera intraoperatively; commonly referred to as lap pad.

Malgaigne pad

SEE: Malgaigne pad

Mikulicz pad

SEE: Mikulicz-Radecki, Johann von

perineal pad

A pad covering the perineum; used to cover a wound or to absorb the menstrual flow.

sucking pad

A mass of fat in the cheeks, esp. well developed in an infant, aiding sucking.
SYN: SEE: Bichat's fat pad; SEE: buccal fat pad

surgical pad

1. An absorbent gauze pad such as a postoperative dressing.
2. A soft rubber pad with an apron and inflatable rim for drainage of escaping fluids; used in surgery and obstetrics.