Term: compress: a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)
Broader: dressing: a cloth covering for a wound or sore | Unrelated: green thumb: a special ability to make plants grow
Broader: dressing: a cloth covering for a wound or sore | Unrelated: wading bird: any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food
Broader: dressing: a cloth covering for a wound or sore | Unrelated: dishwasher: someone who washes dishes
Broader: dressing: a cloth covering for a wound or sore | Unrelated: gluten-free diet: diet prescribed to treat celiac disease; eliminates such foods as wheat and rye and oats and beans and cabbage and turnips and cucumbers that are rich in gluten
Broader: dressing: a cloth covering for a wound or sore | Unrelated: predictor variable: a variable that can be used to predict the value of another variable (as in statistical regression)
Broader: dressing: a cloth covering for a wound or sore | Unrelated: root cellar: an excavation where root vegetables are stored
Broader: dressing: a cloth covering for a wound or sore | Unrelated: hepatitis: inflammation of the liver caused by a virus or a toxin
Broader: dressing: a cloth covering for a wound or sore | Unrelated: educationist: a specialist in the theory of education
Broader: dressing: a cloth covering for a wound or sore | Unrelated: anxiety disorder: a cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom
Broader: dressing: a cloth covering for a wound or sore | Unrelated: expressive style: a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period