gauze 
1. (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings • Syn: gauze bandage • Topics: medicine, medical specialty • Hypernyms: cotton • Hyponyms: petrolatum gauze • Part Holonyms: bandage, patch, surgical dressing 2. a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave • Syn: netting, veiling • Derivationally related forms: gauzy • Hypernyms: net, network, mesh, meshing, meshwork • Hyponyms: cheesecloth, gossamer
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