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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.
[French gaze, ultimately (perhaps via Spanish gasa) from Arabic qazz, raw silk, of Middle Persian origin; akin to Persian kaž, bent, crooked, low-quality silk.]
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gauze
(ɡɔːz)n
1. (Textiles)
a. a transparent cloth of loose plain or leno weave
b. (as modifier): a gauze veil.
2. (Surgery) a surgical dressing of muslin or similar material
3. any thin openwork material, such as wire
4. (Physical Geography) a fine mist or haze
[C16: from French gaze, perhaps from Gaza, where it was believed to originate]
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gauze
(gɔz)n.
1. thin and often transparent fabric made from any fiber in a plain or leno weave.
2. a surgical dressing of loosely woven cotton.
3. any material made of an open, meshlike weave, as of wire.
4. a thin haze.
[1555–65; < Middle French gaze, of uncertain orig.]
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gauze
A fine mesh cloth, often painted, visible when lit from the front but disappearing when only lit from behind.
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| Noun | 1. |  gauze - (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressingscotton - 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 weavecheesecloth - a coarse loosely woven cotton gauze; originally used to wrap cheeses gossamer - a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture |
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Translations
شاش للضِّمادَه
gázagázový
gazegaze-
aitaverkkokudottulintuniisikangasmetallikangasmetalliverkko
grisja, sárabindi
marlė
marlemarles-
gázagázový
sargı bezi
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gauze
(goːz) noun thin cloth used eg to cover wounds. a length of gauze; (also adjective) a gauze bandage.
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gauze
n. gasa:
absorbable ___ → ___ absorbible;
absorbent ___ → ___ absorbente;
antiseptic ___ → ___ antiséptica;
___ compress → compresa de ___.
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gauze
n gasaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.