The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Gauze \Gauze\ (g[add]z), n. [F. gaze; so called because it was
   first introduced from Gaza, a city of Palestine.]
   A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk;
   also, any fabric resembling silk gauze; as, wire gauze;
   cotton gauze.
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   Gauze dresser, one employed in stiffening gauze.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Gauze \Gauze\, a.
   Having the qualities of gauze; thin; light; as, gauze merino
   underclothing.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

gauze
    n 1: (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for
         bandages and dressings [syn: gauze, gauze bandage]
    2: a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave [syn:
       gauze, netting, veiling]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

50 Moby Thesaurus words for "gauze":
   Ace bandage, Band-Aid, London fog, London special, adhesive tape,
   application, band, bandage, bandaging, binder, brace, cast,
   cataplasm, compress, cotton, court plaster, cravat, dressing,
   drisk, drizzling mist, elastic bandage, epithem, film, fog,
   four-tailed bandage, frost smoke, haze, lint, mist, pea soup,
   pea-soup fog, peasouper, plaster, plaster cast, pledget, poultice,
   roller, roller bandage, rubber bandage, sling, smog, splint,
   sponge, stupe, tampon, tape, tent, tourniquet, triangular bandage,
   vapor