1. small masses of absorbent material (such as cotton or gauze) used for applying medication or absorbing discharge from wounds
Usage: medical

Examples

• The nurse applied antiseptic using sterile pledgets.
• Cotton pledgets were placed in the patient’s ears after surgery.
• The doctor used pledgets to clean the wound before bandaging.
• Small pledgets soaked in saline helped remove debris from the cut.
• The medical kit contained various sizes of gauze pledgets.
• Pledgets are commonly used in dental procedures to control bleeding.