Alternative form of compressible

(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.

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.

Pressed tightly together. / Flattened, especially when along its entire length.

simple past tense and past participle of compress

present participle of compress

able to be compressed

(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.