gauze
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- Preferred Term
gauze
- Details
Woven textile in which the binding is achieved by a displacement of warp ends secured by the weft, resulting usually, though not always, in a very open weave; used particularly for surgical dressings and as backing for paper, especially maps.
- Variations
weave, gauze
gauze weave
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