strapping n the application of adhesive plaster in overlapping strips upon or around a part (as a sprained ankle or the chest in pleurisy) to serve as a splint to reduce motion or to hold surgical dressings in place upon a surgical wound also material so used
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strap·ping (strapґing) the application of strips of adhesive tape, one overlapping the other, to cover and exert pressure upon an extremity or other area of the body; see illustration and see also bandage.
Various types of strapping.
Medical dictionary. 2011.