gauze
Other forms: gauzes
Gauze is a loosely woven, almost translucent fabric that's used to bandage wounds. If you get a bad burn, a doctor might clean it and cover it with gauze.
In medicine, gauze has several uses. Sterile gauze is usually kept in a sealed package, to ensure that it's perfectly clean. It can be used to clean cuts, scrapes, and burns, and also acts as a large bandage. There is also a non-medical fabric called gauze that's used in light, warm-weather clothing. The word's origin is mysterious — one guess traces it to the Arabic gazz, or "raw silk."
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(medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressingssynonyms: gauze bandagetypes:petrolatum gauzegauze saturated with petrolatumtype of:cottonfabric woven from cotton fibers
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a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave
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