suturing
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5.6
- noun
- /ˈsuːtərɪŋ/
- Specialized
:
sutura
- After completing my medical training, I felt confident in my skills for suturing injuries in the emergency room.
- suturing of tissue
- cautery and suturing
- suturing of supraglottic
Examples
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The intestine was too badly damaged for mere suturing.
Fiction book (1998) -
Skills that are more common, such as suturing and incision and drainage, were perceived to be frequently delegated to nurses because physicians do not want to perform those tasks themselves.
Academic text (2017) -
We're also going to move you to a treatment room for your suturing.
Blog text (4) -
A report that a patient received so little pain medication during surgery that she could actually feel the scalpel and suturing is devastating to public perceptions of the HSO.
Academic text (2001) -
For primary peripheral nerve injuries in which the severed nerve endings can be easily reapproximated, primary suturing is the most common first-line repair method.
Academic text (2015) -
Taking advantage of the multimodal synergy of haptic and visual feedback, the surgeon is easily able to perform dissection, cutting, suturing, and other surgical procedures, even on very small structures.
Academic text (1998) -
During the surgery, the nurse handed the doctor the materials needed for suturing the patient's wound.
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Proper suturing is essential for ensuring that the tissues heal correctly after surgery.
Synonyms
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1.0
Joining cloth or other material with stitches made by a needle and thread
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2.3
The action of joining cloth pieces with a needle and thread
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7.8
Bringing the edges of a wound together so they can heal
Sewing that closes a cut after surgery
Bringing body parts together so they can heal after an injury or surgery
How Secure
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Suturing comes from the old Latin suere ('to sew') and sutura ('seam'). So, suturing is like 'sewing' pieces of tissue together with stitches, which is why it means joining body surfaces in surgery.