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band
1: a thin flat encircling strip especially for binding: as a: a strip of cloth used to protect a newborn baby's navel—called also bellyband b: a thin flat strip of metal that encircles a tooth <orthodontic bands>2: a strip separated by some characteristic color or texture or considered apart from what is adjacent: as a: a stripe, streak, or other elongated mark on an animal; especially : one transverse to the long axis of the body b: a line or streak of differentiated cells c: one of the alternating dark and light segments of skeletal muscle fibers d: band form e: a strip of abnormal tissue either congenital or acquired; especially : a strip of connective tissue that causes obstruction of the bowel
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