- 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