Look up: suture

1. Suture
   the line of union of two bones or plates
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2. Suture
   The closure of a wound or incision with material such as silk or catgut to facilitate the healing process.
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3. Suture
   Immovable joint between bones.
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4. suture
   [n] - an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull) 2. [n] - a seam used in surgery 3. [n] - thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together 4. [v] - join with a suture, as of a wound in surgery
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5. Suture
   a joining of two bones, also stitxhes.
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6. Suture
   a surgical stitch that helps close an incision or wound so that it can heal properly
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7. Suture
   Junction between two parts of a bone - A surgical stitch
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8. Suture
   1. A suture is a seam-like join between the bones in the skull. 2. A suture is a stitch used to hold together a wound or cut.
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9. suture
   Stitch(es) used to close a wound.
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10. Suture
    to close a wound surgically; the stitch that joins together the edges of an incision
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11. Suture
    A natural seam or groove along which a fruit splits.
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12. Suture
    A surgical stitch.
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13. Suture
    Suture: 1. A type of joint between the bones of the skull where the bones are held tightly together by fibrous tissue. 2. Thread-like material used to sew tissue together.
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14. suture
    the interlocking lines of fusion of the seperate bones which unite to form the cranium Category: Medicine • the surgical stitch itself Category: Medicine • a surgical stitch Category: Medicine
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15. Suture
    Su'ture noun [ Latin sutura , from suere , sutum , to sew or stitch: confer French suture . See Sew to unite with thread.] 1. The act of sewing; also, the line along which two things or parts are sewed togethe...
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16. suture
    <surgery> Usually a synthetic based line that is minimally reactive in biological tissue. Commonly used are nylon, Prolene and gut. Absorbable suture will dissolve over time (Vicryl and chromic). ... The choice in thickness (strength) of the suture is based on the location sutured. Fine suture...
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17. suture
    sutura noun an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull)
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18. suture
    noun thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together
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19. suture
    noun a seam used in surgery
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20. suture
    (soo´chәr) sutura. a stitch or series of stitches made to secure apposition of the edges of a surgical or traumatic wound; used also as a verb to indicate application of such stitches. material used in closing a wound with stitches. adj., su´tural., adj.
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21. Suture
    • (n.) A seam, or impressed line, as between the segments of a crustacean, or between the whorls of a univalve shell. • (n.) The line of union, or seam, in an immovable articulation, like those between the bones of the skull; also, such an articulation itself; synarthrosis. See Harmonic su...
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22. suture
    (from the article `joint`) In fibrous joints the articulating parts are separated by white connective tissue (collagen) fibres, which pass from one part to the other. There are ...
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23. suture
    (from the article `surgery`) The most common method of closing wounds is by sutures. There are two basic types of suture materials; absorbable ones such as catgut (which comes ... Sutures are the most commonly used means of wound closure, although staples and adhesive tissue tape may be more appropriate in certain ... [2 related arti...
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24. suture
    suture 1. Thread-like material used to sew tissue together. 2. To stitch a wound closed. 3. A type of joint between the bones of the skull where the bones are held tightly together by fibrous tissue. 4. The junction of two bones forming an immovable articulation; the line of such a junction; espe...
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25. Suture
    Stitch used to repair incision or wound.
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