simple past tense and past participle of compress

(transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.

A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice etc., used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.

present participle of compress

able to be compressed

The degree to which something is compressible. / (thermodynamics) The product of pressure and molar volume divided by the product of the gas constant and the absolute temperature.

Alternative form of compressible

The quality of being compressible.

(medicine) Any fracture of a bone (most often a load-bearing bone such as a vertebra) caused by compression

A machine used to keep blood and lymph flowing by pushing air through bands or sleeves that are placed on the arms or legs.