| NOUN | artifact | gauze, gauze bandage | (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings |
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| artifact | gauze, netting, veiling | a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave |
| Sounds | gao'z | |
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| Rhymes | applause ... tropopause: 8 rhymes with aoz... | |
| Meaning | (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings. | |
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| Synonym | gauze bandage | |
| Category | medicine, medical specialty | The branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques |
| Part of | bandage, patch | A piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body |
| surgical dressing | A loosely woven cotton dressing for incisions made during surgery | |
| Narrower | petrolatum gauze | gauze saturated with petrolatum |
| Broader | cotton | Fabric woven from cotton fibers |
| Spanish | gasa | |
| Catalan | gasa | |
| Meaning | A net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave. | |
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| Synonyms | netting, veiling | |
| Narrower | cheesecloth | A coarse loosely woven cotton gauze |
| gossamer | A gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture / texture | |
| Broader | net, network, mesh, meshing, meshwork | An open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals |
| Spanish | gasa, velo | |
| Adjectives | gauzy | so thin as to transmit light |
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