See Also: Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
spacer DNA(medicine)
spacer(2)(dictionary)
spacer(1)(dictionary)
untranscribed spacer(medicine)
New Spacer - Motor Sports(gambling)
Spacer - Motor Sports(gambling)
Arrow Spacer - Archery(gambling)
occlusive(dictionary)
Occlusive(medicine)

occlusive dressing (medicine) and spacer(1) (iou)


occlusive dressing (medicine)


occlusive dressing


A dressing that hermetically seals a wound.


spacer(1) (iou)



spacer noun1. M19.
[from SPACE verb + -ER1.]
a. A device used for making a space, interval, or division; spec. a mechanism for spacing words. M19.
b. Archaeology. More fully spacer-plate. A flat bead perforated with several holes in the same plane, by which the threads of a necklace with several strands are held apart. E20.
A person who or thing which spaces things in a particular manner. rare. L19.
Biology. A section of DNA which is not represented in the final RNA transcript, separating two sections which are. L20.
Comb.: spacer gel a part of the gel used in electrophoresis, which functions to concentrate the sample prior to separation; spacer-plate: see sense 1b above.