gauzy

gauze | American Dictionary

gauze
noun[ U ]
us/ɡɔz/
a very thin, light cloth used for making clothing and for covering cuts in the skin:
a gauze skirt
a sterile gauze bandage

Examples of gauze

gauze
Each subsample was put into germination pots, in thin 1 cm layers separated from a vermiculite base by sterile gauze.
The mesh size of the gauze allowed parasitoids to pass through and feed on the honey, while excluding the larger bruchids.
Snails were maintained, for logistic reasons, in groups of 3 within experimental pots (15i10i5 cm) divided with gauze into 3 individual sections.
The body was covered by gauze to facilitate cutaneous respiration.
Both ends of each vial were plugged with gauze to prevent escape.
Under the system now in operation they are kept in individual cylindrical wire gauze cages, giving ample ventilation.
They were then transferred to individual cylindrical cages made of wire gauze and open at the bottom.
Mechanical debridement can be easily accomplished by letting the saline gauze dressing dry before removal.
Each trap was placed in a wire gauze sleeve (mesh diameter = 2 cm) for ease of handling and to prevent disturbance by vertebrates.
In these treatments also, drops of water were applied to the gauze as often as necessary to keep conditions moist.
The opening in the carapace was then filled with gauze to stop the bleeding and covered with beeswax.
Merozoites were filtered through gauze to remove debris.
Options include mechanical debridement with gauze dressings, sharp surgical debridement, autolytic debridement with occlusive dressings, or application of exogenous enzymes.
Collecting treatments in the stables, in terms of fans, doors and gauzes, were randomly allocated each night.
The open end of the container was covered with cotton gauze.
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