gauze (redirected from absorbent gauze)

gauze  (gôz)

n.

1.

a. A thin, transparent fabric with a loose open weave, used for curtains and clothing.

b. A thin, loosely woven surgical dressing, usually made of cotton.

c. A thin plastic or metal woven mesh.

2. A mist or haze.

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[French gaze, possibly from Spanish gasa (from Arabic qazz, raw silk, possibly from Persian kazh).]

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gauzi·ly adv.

gauzi·ness n.

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gauze [gɔːz]

n

1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles)

a.  a transparent cloth of loose plain or leno weave

b.  (as modifier) a gauze veil

2. (Medicine / Surgery) a surgical dressing of muslin or similar material

3. any thin openwork material, such as wire

4. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a fine mist or haze

[from French gaze, perhaps from Gaza, where it was believed to originate]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	gauze - (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings gauze bandage bandage, patch - a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body cotton - fabric woven from cotton fibers petrolatum gauze - gauze saturated with petrolatum surgical dressing - a loosely woven cotton dressing for incisions made during surgery medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
	2.	gauze - a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave netting, veiling cheesecloth - a coarse loosely woven cotton gauze; originally used to wrap cheeses gossamer - a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture meshwork, meshing, network, mesh, net - an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals

Translations

gauze [gɔːz] N (gen) → gasa f

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gauze [ˈgɔːz] n

(= material) → gaze f

(= wound dressing) → gaze f

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gauze

n → Gaze f; (Med also) → (Verbands)mull m

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gauze [gɔːz] n → garza

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gauze

n gauze [goːz]

thin cloth used eg to cover wounds a length of gauze; (also adjective ) a gauze bandage. gaas شاش للضِّمادَه марля gáza; gázový gaze; gaze- die Gaze γάζα gasa marli نوار پانسمان؛ گاز harsokangas (de) gaze גָזָה रेशमी कपड़ा gaza géz kain kasa grisja, sárabindi garza ガーゼ 거즈, 얇은 천 marlė marle; marles- kain kasa gaas gas(bind), flor gaza gaze tifon марля gáza; gázový gaza; gazen gaza gas[] ผ้าพันแผล sargı bezi 紗布 марля زخم پر رکھنے کا ہلکا سوتی کپڑا sa; lượt; gạc 纱布