I said as she turned up my upper lip and tucked a pledget of plastic under it.

She felt the cold alcohol pledget swipe across the skin of her upper arm, followed by a pinch and a short, sharp pain.

After a swipe with the alcohol pledget, Susan tried to jam the needle into the back of Berman's hand.

Alternatively, a small compress called a muscle pledget can be placed over the dura leak and then sealed with gel foam and fibrin glue.

When first uncovered, a pledget of tow, imbued with wax, protruding from the mouth, forming a mass soft, black, and pliable, and producing some distortion in the countenance.

A pledgeted suture is one that is supported by a pledget, that is, a small flat absorbent pad or piece of cloth, in order to protect a wound.