gauze

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Noun gauze has 2 senses

gauze, gauze bandage - (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings
--₁ is a kind of cotton, cotton cloth
--₁ is a part of bandage, patch; surgical dressing
--₁ has particulars: petrolatum gauze
gauze, netting, veiling - a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave
--₂ is a kind of net, network, mesh, meshing, meshwork
--₂ has particulars: cheesecloth; gossamer