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gauze
[ gawz ]
noun
- any thin and often transparent fabric made from any fiber in a plain or open weave.
- a surgical dressing of loosely woven cotton.
- any material made of an open, meshlike weave, as of wire.
- a thin haze.
gauze
/ ɡɔː /
noun
- a transparent cloth of loose plain or leno weave
- ( as modifier )
a gauze veil
- a surgical dressing of muslin or similar material
- any thin openwork material, such as wire
- a fine mist or haze
Other Word Forms
- ܳ· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of gauze1
Word History and Origins
Origin of gauze1
Example Sentences
She would bring home surgical tubing, tubs, gauze and other stuff for him and his siblings to play with.
Chapman had applied gauze to Williams' mouth, not a scalpel.
The singer arrives with her face covered in gauze, a bedazzled ankle monitor and clear lucite heels before breaking into a full dance sequence in front of the judge.
At Mississippi State, he once broke his nose in a game against Alabama, only to stuff gauze in both nostrils and return to convert a third down.
Patient wounds routinely crawling with maggots because health care facilities have no access to soap, gauze, disinfectant and running water.
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