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Meanings of suture in English

Spanish
sutura
Wikidata

Yarn or filament used to close the edges of a wound or incision.

sutura
Portuguese
ponto
Catalan
sutura

An immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull)

ponto
Catalan
sutura
Spanish
sutura

Fairly rigid joint between two or more hard elements of an organism.

sutura
Portuguese
sutura
Catalan
sutura

A seam used in surgery.

sutura
Usage of suture in English
1
Conclusion: Plates on the frontozygomatic suture have a high rate of complications.
Pubmed
2
The complications caused by the use of suture material were not revealed.
Pubmed
3
The point of this closure is that you don't see any suture.
Wired
4
Additionally, two subgroups were assessed separately: external and internal suture hernia repair.
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5
I hand the doctor the suture and he begins closing the wound.
Mass casualties: a young medic's true story of death, deception,...
6
But he didn't like the idea of using the suture thread again.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
7
Postempski mentions a case of suture of the liver after a stab-wound.
Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
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She subsequently developed suture margin ulcerations unresponsive to topical therapies and antibiotics.
Pubmed
9
In the other end of the suture thread she made a loop.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
10
Another suture was applied to wrap the left side of the stomach.
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11
Ruptures never heal spontaneously and always require suture of the diaphragmatic defect.
Pubmed
12
Two full-thickness incisions were made in each mouse and closed using suture.
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13
The half inch of suture had edges that were smooth and unfused.
Speaking in Bones
14
Two bits of occipital, one with a squiggly remnant of lambdoid suture.
Speaking in Bones
15
However, this method does not take into account the quality of the suture.
Pubmed
16
However, suture fixations were not used for the implant receiver nor its electrode.
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Translations for suture
Spanish
sutura
Catalan
sutura
Suture through the time
Suture across language varieties
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