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hot pack

noun

Medical Definition of HOT PACK

:  absorbent material (as a blanket or squares of gauze) wrung out in hot water, wrapped around the body or a portion of the body, and covered with dry material to hold in the moist heat <hot pack for an infected arm>—compare cold pack

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