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See bandage. [L. a point, an ear of grain]

spi·ca 'spī-kə n, pl spi·cae -.kē or spicas a bandage that is applied in successive V-shaped crossings and is used to immobilize a limb esp. at a joint also such a bandage impregnated with plaster of paris <a \spica cast applied at the hip>

a bandage wound spirally around an injured limb. At each turn it is given a twist so that the slack material is taken up at the overlap.