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Definition of Elizabethan collar
2 : a typically cone-shaped veterinary device of stiff material (such as plastic) placed about the neck of an animal and usually a cat or dog to prevent it from licking, biting, or scratching a wound or injury or to stop obsessive licking or grooming
— called also e-collar
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Elizabethan collar
nounEliz·a·be·than collar | \ i-ˌliz-ə-ˌbē-thən- 
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\Medical Definition of Elizabethan collar
: a typically cone-shaped veterinary device of stiff material (such as plastic) placed about the neck of an animal and usually a cat or dog to prevent it from licking, biting, or scratching a wound or injury or to stop obsessive licking or grooming
— called also e-collar
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The first known use of Elizabethan collar was in 1833
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