unbandagev.
transitive. To remove the bandage from. Also absol.
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1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xliii. 312 The Hospital mates unbandaged Spicer's leg.
1857 R. Tomes Americans in Japan viii. 181 Dr. Parker prevailed upon a girl of thirteen, who was a patient in the hospital, to unbandage in the presence of her mother.
1899 Westm. Gaz. 8 Sept. 3/2 Mr. L. (the oculist..) unbandaged the weak eye for a few moments.
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