bleached and sterilized cotton from which the gross impurities, such as the seeds and waxy matter, have been removed: used for surgical dressings, tampons, etc
Usual US term: absorbent cotton
2.
cotton in the natural state
3. British informal
a.
a state of pampered comfort and protection
b.
(as modifier)
a cotton-wool existence
Examples of 'surgical cotton' in a sentence
surgical cotton
Because of its antibacterial property, ginger extract was used to coat surgical cotton.
Bhavika Turakhia, Saujanya Chikkala, Sejal Shah 2019, 'Novelty of Bioengineered Iron Nanoparticles in Nanocoated Surgical Cotton: A GreenChemistry', Advances in Pharmacological Scienceshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9825969. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)