spica
/ˈspaɪkə/noun
- Medicine a bandage folded into a spiral arrangement resembling an ear of wheat or barley【医】人字形绷带, 穗形绷带。
词源
late 17th cent.: from Latin, literally 'spike, ear of corn'; related to spina 'spine'. The current sense is influenced by Greek stakhus 'ear of wheat'.