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111pneumatic antishock garment — An inflatable suit used to apply pressure to the peripheral circulation, thus reducing blood flow and fluid exudation into tissues, to maintain central blood flow in the presence of shock. SYN …
112International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union — (ILGWU) A trade union that was formed in the United States in 1900 due to appalling working conditions in garment factories known as sweatshops. It was chartered by the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and started with approximately 2,000… …
113pressure garment — a garment that applies continual pressure over large areas of healing skin after burns, trauma, and surgical intervention; worn continually for several months to a year, it limits the hypertrophy and contraction of scar tissue …
114foundation garment — foun dation ,garment noun count a piece of underwear that women wore, especially in the past, to give their body more shape or support …
115foundation garment — a corset The imagery comes from building, although the word buttress comes more readily to mind: ... she may be half perishing in the clutch of her foundation garment . (Jennings, 1965) …
116clean-room garment — švariųjų patalpų apranga statusas T sritis radioelektronika atitikmenys: angl. clean room garment vok. Reinraumbekleidung, f rus. спецодежда для чистых комнат, f pranc. vêtement de travail pour les salles blanches, m …
117silence is a woman’s best garment — Cf. SOPHOCLES Ajax 1. 293 γυναιξὶ κόσμον ἡ σιγὴ φέρει, silence is a woman’s ornament. The passage of St. Paul alluded to in quot. 1539 is I CORINTHIANS xiv. 34 (AV) Let your women keep silence in the churches, for it is not permitted unto them to …
118foundation garment — n. a woman s corset or girdle, esp. one with an attached bra …
119out-garment — out garment, garth etc.: see out …
120Palla (garment) — Palla is a traditional ancient Roman mantle worn by women, fastened by brooches. It was similar to the pallium that a man would wear. The shape was rectangular instead of semi circular as with the traditional toga. ee also* Clothing in ancient… …