Also means
dressing
Usage Note
Vendaje refers to the complete bandaging application rather than a single strip; a venda is the individual bandage strip, while vendaje is the wound dressing as a whole. Medical staff speak of cambiar el vendaje ('to change the dressing'). The related verb is vendar ('to bandage'), and vendado describes someone with a bandage on.
Examples
"El médico le cambió el vendaje de la herida."
Natural Translation
The doctor changed the bandage on his wound.
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