Cotton-wool
31ˌcotton ˈwool — noun [U] British soft fibres of cotton that you use for cleaning your skin or for removing MAKE UP …
32cotton-wool — …
33wrapped up in cotton wool — Someone who is wrapped up in cotton wool is over protected from dangers and risks. Their children are kept wrapped up in cotton wool …
34wrap someone up in cotton wool — wrap (someone) up in cotton wool British & Australian to protect someone too much without allowing them to be independent enough. She wraps that child up in cotton wool as if he s some precious jewel …
35wrap up in cotton wool — wrap (someone) up in cotton wool British & Australian to protect someone too much without allowing them to be independent enough. She wraps that child up in cotton wool as if he s some precious jewel …
36go (out) on the cotton wool — vb See on the cotton wool …
37wrap someone in cotton wool — be overprotective towards someone. → cotton wool …
38cotton-wool exudates — see under spot …
39cotton-wool patches — see under spot …
40cotton-wool spots — accumulations of axoplasm in the nerve fibre layer of the retina, which indicate diseases (e.g. hypertension, connective tissue disease, or AIDS) causing hypoxia (oxygen deficiency) in the nerve fibre layer …
