Band-Aid

(bănd'ād')

A trademark used for an adhesive bandage with a gauze pad in the center, employed to protect minor wounds. This trademark sometimes occurs in print in figurative uses: "True welfare reform is being bypassed for Band-Aid solutions" (Los Angeles Times). "These measures are mere Band-Aids" (U.S. News & World Report).

(BAND-ayd)

1. A brand of adhesive bandage with a gauze pad in the center, used to cover minor abrasions and cuts.

noun
2. A makeshift, limited, or temporary aid or solution that does not satisfy a basic or long-range need.

adjective
3. Serving as a makeshift, limited, or temporary aid or solution.

Etymology
From the trademark.

Usage
"A Maori health initiative to double immunisation numbers has been described as a band-aid solution by an Opunake doctor." — Amy James, Maori health programme branded band-aid, Daily News (New Zealand), Sep 19, 1997.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - hæfteplaster

Nederlands (Dutch)
pleister, lapmiddel

Français (French)
n. - pansement adhésif, (US, fig) de fortune (fam)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Pflaster

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - λευκοπλάστης

Italiano (Italian)
cerottino

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pequena atadura (f)

Русский (Russian)
пластырь

Español (Spanish)
n. - esparadrapo, curita, tirita

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - plåster, snabbförband

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
护创胶布

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 護創膠布

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 밴드 에이드(반창고와 가제를 합친 것)

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - バンドエイド

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ضمادة لاصقه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אגד מידבק, פלסטר‬

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