gatch

== English == === Etymology 1 === Named after Willis Dew Gatch. ==== Verb ==== gatch (third-person singular simple present gatches, present participle gatching, simple past and past participle gatched) (transitive, medicine) To arrange (a patient's bed) so that its sections bend at the joints, to assist blood flow etc. === Etymology 2 === From Persian [Term?]. ==== Noun ==== gatch (uncountable) A form of plaster of Paris formerly used in Persia. ===== Derived terms =====