04582044-n 'any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action';
 
Chinese (simplified) 芯 , 捻子 , 纱布条
English wick
Indonesian sumbu
Japanese 芯
Malaysian sumbu
Definitions
English
any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action
― the physician put a wick in the wound to drain it
Japanese
毛管の活動で液体を運ぶ管の一部のどれか
― 医師は傷口の湿気をとるために傷口にガーゼ芯を置いた
Relations
Hypernym: cord
Semantic Field: artifactn
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