SINCE 1828
Elizabethan collar
nounDefinition of Elizabethan collar
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: 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
noun
Eliz·a·be·than collar
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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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