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- pronunciation:
- gawz
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Gauze is a kind of cotton cloth. It is used to cover a cut or other bleeding wound. Gauze is made with threads that have so much space between them that you can almost see through the cloth.
The nurse wrapped gauze around his arm to cover the cut and stop the bleeding.
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patch |
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