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As a noun, a cloth used to envelop the whole or a part of the body. 2. As a verb, to fill a cavity, as the vagina, cold p. A p. in which cold or iced water is used. dry p. A procedure in which a sheet is placed about the body, excepting the head, and several blankets are placed about the sheet, wet p. A hydrotherapeutical measure in which a cloth wet with warm or cold PALINGENESIA water is folded around the bare body or a part and a blanket folded over it. The application is made for variable periods of time. pack'ing. 1. The used application 2. Any material to surround of aa wound pack. cavity. or injury, or to occlude a wound or page proof reading. See in appendix, page 944- Pag'et's disease' of the nip'ple. Squamous carcinoma about the nipple. A local manifestation of carcinoma of the breast which develops slowly. [Sir Jz.nes Paget, English surgeon, 18 14-1899.]