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gauze

[gawz] / gɔz /
NOUN
bandage
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Gauze is typically employed to control bleeding during medical interventions, aiding in hemostasis.

From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2024

Down Gauze Street, past Silk Street and up Mill Street, Mark Macmillan lives in a former cotton mill that is now an apartment building.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2017

These "hemostatic dressings," with names like Combat Gauze and QuickClot, were developed and originally used by the military.

From US News • Sep. 9, 2016

A new generation of bandage, called Combat Gauze, may help solve that problem.

From Washington Post • Nov. 1, 2010

Gauze may also be sterilized by steaming in an Arnold sterilizer, such as is used for milk, or by boiling, if it is to be applied wet.

From The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) by Winslow, Kenelm




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