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• Gauze sponge — Gauze Sponges are disposable medical supplies used everyday in hospitals and medical offices around the world. The different sizes include 2x2, 3x3, and 4x4. Healthcare management uses gauze sponges to clean wounds. The materials used in the… …   Wikipedia

• Gauze — is a thin, translucent fabric with a open weave. Its name may derive etymologically from the Persian word for silk, via the Spanish word gasa .Uses and types*Gauze was originally made of silk. Now used for medical purposes gauze sponges are in… …   Wikipedia

• sponge — [spunj] n. [ME < OE < L spongia < Gr spongia, spongos] 1. any of a phylum (Porifera) of simple, aquatic, sessile animals having a porous structure and a tough, often siliceous or calcareous, skeleton 2. the elastic skeleton, or a piece… …   English World dictionary

• sponge — 1. Absorbent material, such as gauze or prepared cotton, used to absorb fluids. 2. A member of the phylum Porifera, the cellular endoskeleton of which is a source of commercial sponges. SYN: spongia. [G. spongia] …   Medical dictionary

• sponge — spongeless, adj. spongelike, adj. spongingly, adv. /spunj/, n., v., sponged, sponging. n. 1. any aquatic, chiefly marine animal of the phylum Porifera, having a porous structure and usually a horny, siliceous or calcareous internal skeleton or… …   Universalium

• sponge — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Latin spongia, from Greek Date: before 12th century 1. a. (1) an elastic porous mass of interlacing horny fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals (phylum… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• sponge — Synonyms and related words: Ace bandage, Band Aid, Finnish bath, India rubber, Japanese bath, Loch Ness monster, Russian bath, Swedish bath, Turkish bath, ablution, absorb, absorbency, absorbent, absorption, adhesive tape, adsorb, adsorbent,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• sponge — [[t]spʌndʒ[/t]] n. v. sponged, spong•ing 1) ivt any porous, aquatic, sessile animal of the phylum Porifera, having a fibrous siliceous or calcareous internal skeleton and lacking tissue organization 2) the skeleton of certain sponges, readily… …   From formal English to slang

• gauze — Synonyms and related words: 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 …   Moby Thesaurus

• Peritonitis — This article is about peritonitis in human beings. For a specific cause of peritonitis in cats, see Feline infectious peritonitis. Peritonitis Classification and external resources ICD 10 K65 ICD 9 …   Wikipedia

• lint — n 1. down, thistledown, flue, floss, fluff, fuzz; mote, wisp, dust; fuzzball, furball, dustball, Inf. bellybutton lint. 2. cotton, gauze, sponge …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder