gauzenoun
uk/ɡɔːz/us/ɡɑːz/[ U ] a very thin, light cloth, used to make clothing, to cover cuts and to separate solids from liquids, etc.:
a gauze skirt
a piece of sterile gauze
[ C or U ] a material like a net formed by wires crossing over each other:
wire gauze
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Medical dressings, supports & devices
- auditory brainstem implant
- Band-Aid
- bandage
- biventricular pacemaker
- calipers
- cochlear implant
- cotton
- cotton ball
- cotton wool ball
- earplug
- Elastoplast
- ice pack
- lint
- liposome
- plaster cast
- poultice
- truss
- walker
- walking frame
- Zimmer frame
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Nets, grids and grilles
gauzy
adjective uk/ˈɡɔː.zi/us/ˈɡɑː.zi/