WordNet
n. heater consisting of electrical heating elements contained in a flexible pad [syn: hot pad]
Wikipedia
A heating pad is a pad used for warming of parts of the body in order to manage pain. Localized application of heat causes the blood vessels in that area to dilate, enhancing perfusion to the targeted tissue. Types of heating pads include electrical, chemical and hot water bottles.
Usage examples of "heating pad".
This can even be an electric heating pad fastened onto the bottom of the fuel tank.
It was a chore for George's back, and as often as not he spent his evenings cuddled up with a heating pad.
I asked Dean if he would go over to the infirmary and see if they had a heating pad for my back, which I seemed to have strained that early morning, helping to carry Delacroix's body down into the tunnel.
Sometimes, in her sleep, she would snuggle up against Stanley, and her body was so hot she reminded him of an overloaded heating pad.
They stood there silently, watching the coffee slowly drip into a round glass pot on the heating pad.
Ammo wants to lie down on dry sheets with an ice pack and a heating pad.