sutured
Sewn after surgery
Sutured is the past tense of suture, meaning closed or joined with stitches.
In medicine, a wound is sutured when a doctor sews its edges together: The surgeon sutured the incision.
The term extends to any close joining of separate parts: The treaty sutured together two nations with a long history of conflict.
Thread fastening wounds
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
- woundCoiled, or an injury
- closureSense of emotional resolution
- ligatureCord for binding
needle · thread · surgeon · scalpel · forceps · hemostat · clamp · retractor
Coiled, or an injury
- scarPermanent mark from healing
- tissueDisposable soft paper
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- mendingRestoring damaged items
regeneration · granulation · convalescence · restoration · closure · keloid · adhesion · healing
stitches
Thread fastening wounds
ligature · needle · thread · surgeon · scalpel · forceps · hemostat · clamp · retractor · sterile
wound
Coiled, or an injury
mending · regeneration · granulation · convalescence · restoration · closure · keloid · adhesion · healing · inflammation
mending
Restoring damaged items
seam · fabric · thread · needle · torn · ripped · reinforcement · needlework · sewing · restoration
joined
Linked or united
- unitedJoined as one
- bondBinding tie or connection
- connectionA joining or relation
mended · reconciled · bridged · linked · fused · repaired · healed · closed · sealed · reunited
- post-surgerystitched, stapled, bandaged, wound healing, recovering
- woundswound, wounded, bullet wound, wounds, ulcer
- 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