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How to say to apply a compress
in Thai
ประคบ
bprà-kóp
to apply a compress
bprà lowkóp high
ประคบเย็น 'cold compress' for sprains, ประคบร้อน 'hot compress' for stiffness.
- Part of speech
- verb
In a sentence
- ประคบเย็นbprà-kóp yento apply a cold compress
From the same situation: Mind, body, Thai medicine
- สุขภาพจิตmental health
- จิตแพทย์psychiatrist
- นักจิตวิทยาpsychologist, counsellor
- ซึมเศร้าdepressed
- โรคซึมเศร้าdepression (illness)
- เศร้าsad
- วิตกกังวลanxious (formal)
- กังวลworried
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