suture
Close a wound
A suture is a stitch or series of stitches holding together the edges of a wound or surgical incision: The surgeon closed with absorbable sutures.
The verb means to close with stitches: suture the wound.
In anatomy, sutures are the immovable joints where skull bones meet, their jagged edges interlocking like stitches.
Figuratively, a suture joins things that were separated: an attempt to suture the fractured alliance.
Dried intestinal cord
- silkFine woven insect fiber
- nylonSynthetic textile polymer
- polypropyleneVersatile thermoplastic resin
- monofilamentOne unbroken fiber
braided · absorbable · nonabsorbable · chromic · polyester · surgical steel · coated · tensile strength
Sealing an open injury
- scarPermanent mark from healing
- granulationMaking into small grains
- tissue repairBiological wound healing process
- approximationNear but inexact value
hemostasis · adhesion · fibrosis · remodeling · knitting · coalescence · infection · keloid
Of the skull
- sagittalArrow-shaped or arrow-directional
- coronalCirclet or wreath
- fontanelleInfant cranial membrane gap
- serrateBearing tooth-like projections
Pointed implement for sewing
Broken mid-course
- continuousWithout pause or gap
- mattressPadded sleeping surface
- retentionContinued holding or possession
- figure-eightTwo conjoined loops
buried · running · simple · locked · approximation · eversion · deep · superficial
stitch
Thread loop in fabric
ligate · tie · approximate · secure · reconnect · join · bind · seal · knot · anchor
catgut
Dried intestinal cord
- silkFine woven insect fiber
- nylonSynthetic textile polymer
- polypropyleneVersatile thermoplastic resin
monofilament · braided · absorbable · nonabsorbable · chromic · polyester · surgical steel · coated · tensile strength · gauge
wound closure
Sealing an open injury
- scarPermanent mark from healing
- granulationMaking into small grains
- tissue repairBiological wound healing process
approximation · hemostasis · adhesion · fibrosis · remodeling · knitting · coalescence · infection · keloid · tensile strength
cranial
Of the skull
- sagittalArrow-shaped or arrow-directional
- coronalCirclet or wreath
- fontanelleInfant cranial membrane gap
serrate · vertex · calvaria · ossification
needle
Pointed implement for sewing
interrupted
Broken mid-course
- continuousWithout pause or gap
- mattressPadded sleeping surface
- retentionContinued holding or possession
figure-eight · buried · running · simple · locked · approximation · eversion · deep · superficial · layered
- nursingnurse, nursing, nurses, RN, LPN
- wound closurewound closure, staples, skin staples, catgut, running stitch
- connectionslink, links, connect, connection, tie
- medical caresurgery, examination, injection, prescription, medication
- medical suppliesbandage, gauze, latex gloves, syringe, nitrile gloves
- medical toolsstethoscope, otoscope, ophthalmoscope, catheter, reflex hammer
sutureincision
Controlled cut into tissue
cut · excision · dissection · incise · laceration
- coronal sutureSkull joint crossing crown
- suture kitTools for closing wounds
- lambdoid sutureRear skull junction
- surgical suturesThread closing medical wounds
- suture removalTaking out wound closures
- suture needleTool for closing incisions