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cold pack

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cold pack
n.
1. A compress of gauze, cloth, or plastic filled or moistened with a cold fluid and applied externally to swollen or injured body parts to relieve pain and swelling.
2. A canning process in which uncooked food is packed in jars or cans, then sterilized by heat.
cold pack
n
1. (Medicine)
a.  a method of lowering the body temperature by wrapping a person in a sheet soaked in cold water
b.  the sheet so used
2. (Cookery) a tinning process in which raw food is packed in cans or jars and then heated


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