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zwaluwstaartje

English translation: butterfly bandage

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Dutch term or phrase:zwaluwstaartje
English translation:butterfly bandage
Entered by: katerina turevich

07:13 Jun 29, 2016
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Instruments / wound healing / band-aids
Dutch term or phrase: zwaluwstaartje
Hello everyone!

I have to identify this zwaluwstaartje kind of band-aid. It seems to be home-made: i found instructions on how to make one. But you can also buy it, Dutch google says. "Knuckle and fingertips" made by Band-Aid look the same, but I wonder if there is a generic term for this, too.

No, there are no "dovetail" bandages or band-aids, for sure.

Thank you!
katerina turevich
Netherlands
Local time: 03:16
butterfly bandage
Explanation:
or butterfly band-aid.
A band-aid that is very narrow in the middle, to keep the edges of deeper wounds together
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Marjolein Snippe
Netherlands
Local time: 03:16
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5 +4butterfly bandage
Marjolein Snippe


  

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50 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
butterfly bandage


Explanation:
or butterfly band-aid.
A band-aid that is very narrow in the middle, to keep the edges of deeper wounds together

Example sentence(s):
  • Typically, you will use a butterfly banage (...) to hold the edges of the wound together.

    https://books.google.nl/books?id=R9PsAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA751&lpg=PA751&dq=butterfly+bandage+wound+edges&source=bl&ots=DO5zmW1g9B&sig=1hEYwsWJr9Qax
    Reference: http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/butterfly+ba...
Marjolein Snippe
Netherlands
Local time: 03:16
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: yes, of course! Thank you! So silly of me. I didn't take it through the logical sequence. As fas as the things themselves : never thought to identify them. I normally look at the picture on the package, and get what I need. Tja, some people stick them on their faces. I always thought it was decorative, now I get the reference. Thanks again!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michael Beijer: also found it in one of my big TMs: Een zwaluwstaartje zal dit wel verhelpen. = Well, a butterfly bandage might close this up. (OpenSubtitles2013_en-nl.tmx)(TM found @ http://opus.lingfil.uu.se/ )
0 min
  -> Dank je Michael!
agree  Kirsten Bodart
11 mins
  -> Dank je wel Kirsten!
agree  Barend van Zadelhoff: Each country pictures its own animals. :-)
1 hr
  -> Inderdaad! Dank je Barend!
agree  Tina Vonhof (X)
6 hrs
  -> Dank je Tina!
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