suture
/ˈsuːtʃər/
noun
- A stitch or series of stitches made to close a wound or surgical incision.
- The nurse checked the suture for signs of infection.
- She needed five sutures to close the cut on her hand.
- The doctor removed the sutures from the patient's arm after two weeks.
- The thread or material used for stitching a wound.
- The surgeon chose a dissolvable suture for the internal wound.
- Different types of suture are used for different tissues.
- The suture broke during the procedure, so the doctor had to use a new one.
- A line of junction between two bones, especially in the skull, where they are joined by fibrous tissue.
- In infants, the skull sutures are not yet fully fused.
- The anthropologist studied the suture patterns to estimate the age of the skeleton.
- The coronal suture runs across the top of the skull.
verb
- To close a wound or incision with stitches.
- The veterinarian had to suture the dog's leg after the accident.
- She learned how to suture in her first aid class.
- The surgeon will suture the incision carefully to minimize scarring.
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