gauze bandage
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2.6
- noun
- /ɡɔz ˈbændɪdʒ/
:
gasa
- He changed the gauze bandage after noticing it was soaked with blood.
- gauze bandage wrapped
- gauze bandage wrapped and taped
Examples
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It was over now, finished, resolved, and all I wanted was some good gauze bandages around my wrists and some old-fashioned medical advice, like "Take two aspirin, get a good night's sleep, and don't worry."
Fiction book (1992) -
A gauze bandage, like a little white beard, covers most of his chin.
Fiction book (1992) -
"I remember tying and untying a gauze bandage on my big toe," my mother went on.
Fiction book (1991) -
If I wrap up my hands in gauze bandages and wear Mom's rubber gloves and her gardening gloves, I can still saw.
Fiction book (1999) -
What people minded that summer was how the sky was never blue, how it seemed instead that a dirty gauze bandage had been wrapped over the town, squeezing out whatever bright sunlight might have filtered down, blocking out whatever it was that gave things their color, and leaving a vague flat quality to hang in the air. This is what got to people that summer, made them uneasy after a while.
Fiction book (2000) -
The doctor applied a gauze bandage to protect the wound on her arm.
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She used a gauze bandage to wrap her ankle before going for a run.
Synonyms
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1.0
A piece of soft material that covers and protects a wound
43
3.6
A thin, light cloth with a loose weave used to cover wounds
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2.8
A piece of clean cloth placed over a wound to protect it
A gauze soaked in petroleum jelly to protect wounds and keep them moist
A clean pad of cotton or gauze that covers a wound after surgery to protect it
A clean piece of cloth or pad placed over a wound to protect it
A roll of cloth used to wrap wounds or support injured body parts
How Rigid
- Specialized
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3.5
- Specialized
- Specialized
12
5.3
1
2.6
1
2.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
A B1 learner who knows 'gauze' (a lightweight open-weave fabric) and 'bandage' (material used to protect a wound) can infer that this refers to a bandage made from gauze. The noun–noun composition is fully compositional and common in medical contexts (and mirrored in many languages), making the meaning immediately transparent.
Etymology
Gauze bandage may come from a thin cloth once made near the city of Gaza, so gauze came to mean a light cloth with a loose weave. Because bandage is a cloth for a 'wound', people used this light cloth to cover injuries, and that is why gauze bandage means a thin cloth used to dress wounds.