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Native Script:擦り綿
Pronunciation / Transliteration: rinto
"昔の医師は傷口の治療に擦り綿を用いた。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Scraps or threads of linen, formerly used for dressing wounds.
"The military surgeon carefully applied a layer of clean charpie to absorb the wound's discharge." - 2
Frayings or lint produced from textile materials.
"The old uniform was worn down to fine charpie along the frayed cuffs."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Borrowed directly from French 'charpie', derived from the verb 'charpir' (to shred or tease out), tracing back to the Late Latin 'carpere' meaning to pluck or card. Historically used in English medical terminology since the 18th century to describe shredded linen used for dressing wounds before modern cotton gauze became standard.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Charpie" is said worldwide
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charpie
Transliteration: shar-pee
"On utilisait de la charpie pour panser les blessés."
Charpie
Transliteration: shar-pee
"Früher wurde Charpie als Wundverband verwendet."
filaccia
Transliteration: fi-lat-cha
"La ferita fu medicata con della filaccia."
hila
Transliteration: ee-la
"Utilizaron hila para limpiar y cubrir la herida."
fiaço
Transliteration: fee-ah-soo
"O curativo foi feito com fiaço de linho."
सन के रेशे
Transliteration: san ke reshe
"घाव पर सन के रेशे की पट्टी बांधी गई।"
碎麻布
Transliteration: suì má bù
"古代用碎麻布来包扎伤口。"
실밥
Transliteration: sil-bap
"상처를 치료하기 위해 실밥 조각을 사용했다."
lint
Transliteration: rinto
Script: 擦り綿
"昔の医師は傷口の治療に擦り綿を用いた。"
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