止血棉 (zhǐ xuè mián) — hemostatic cotton, sterile absorbent cotton used to stop bleeding

Definition

Sterile absorbent cotton pad used to stop bleeding, typically applied with pressure to a wound. Unlike regular 棉花/药棉, it is specifically treated to promote clotting for first aid.

noun
hemostatic cotton, sterile absorbent cotton used to stop bleeding
Measure word · 块

Examples

  • 止血棉。
    Hù shi yòng zhǐ xuè mián gěi tā yā zhù le shāng kǒu.
    The nurse used hemostatic cotton to press on his wound.
  • 止血棉，。
    Yào xiāng lǐ bèi zhe jǐ bāo zhǐ xuè mián, yǐ fáng wàn yī.
    There are a few packs of hemostatic cotton in the first-aid kit, just in case.
  • 止血棉，。
    Zhè zhǒng zhǐ xuè mián xī shōu kuài, shì hé jí jiù shǐ yòng.
    This type of hemostatic cotton absorbs quickly and is suitable for emergency use.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

止血stop bleeding
止zhǐstop血xuèblood
动宾Verb + object
棉miáncotton

止 (stop) + 血 (blood) describes 棉 (cotton) used to stop bleeding.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

止 was drawn as a footprint pointing up, with three toes and a sole, originally showing a foot.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • 一一yīdrop of blood
  • 皿皿mǐncontainer

The shape shows 一, a drop of blood, inside 皿, a container, for blood held in a sacrificial vessel.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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