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suture

[soo-cher] / ˈsu tʃər /
NOUN
stitching
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


NOUN
seam sewn
Synonyms


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"There'll be rapid tests, suture kits, syringes, oxygen supplies, vaccines and a small fridge for storing medicines," it explained in a statement.

From BBC May 5, 2025

Veterinarians rehydrate it with saline solution before surgery, then lay it over a dog's corneal lesion and suture it into place, where it acts as scaffolding for regenerating cells.

From Scientific American Oct. 1, 2023

The unexpected finding led the team to hypothesize that another type of bone-forming stem cell was driving the abnormal suture fusion.

From Science Daily Sep. 20, 2023

Pointing her elbows toward the ceiling, she revealed the suture scars where she was patched up.

From Reuters May 13, 2023

Though he wasn’t supposed to suture anyone, he’d practiced stitching on pigs’ feet till his hands ached, till each stitch was tight and A-plus perfect.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby

Cuba’s once highly regarded medical services have deteriorated, so Mariño has bought all her own medical supplies for the birth of her daughter, including sutures and surgical tape.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

He had 28-day-old sutures he contemplated removing himself because they itched so badly.

From Salon Aug. 17, 2025

The mother sustained head injuries that required sutures, Eisenman said.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 8, 2025

After being implanted in the body, where they were held in place by sutures, fibrotic scarring occurred.

From Science Daily May 22, 2024

I accept that I’m probably the most qualified for the job, grit my teeth, and put in a row of jagged sutures.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

The team ruptured then sutured the Achilles tendon of lab rats.

From Science Daily May 21, 2024

Once sedated, it was transported to a veterinary practice at Birtley where it underwent X-rays and a wound suffered when it had attempted to escape the trap was cleaned and sutured.

From BBC Oct. 30, 2022

We feel as if a deep wound in the Chinese American experience is finally being sutured back together again.

From New York Times Oct. 21, 2021

We’re in a loop of exposure to the kinds of earth-shattering recordings that were once the rarest commodity but that now bring no resolution — an open wound showed again and again, never sutured.

From Washington Post Feb. 12, 2021

It was as though we were two halves of the same animal, sutured together by a bond deeper than flesh.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

In the medical area, adhesives play a crucial role, from suturing internal wounds to attaching sensors and implanting medical devices.

From Science Daily Feb. 13, 2024

“He was suturing in his sleep,” she says.

From Scientific American Aug. 17, 2023

Some involve injecting cardiomyocytes into the heart wall, others require suturing patches made from cells directly onto the heart.

From Washington Post Apr. 28, 2023

“There was a suturing between music and language,” said Kristina Jacobsen, a songwriter and an anthropologist at the University of New Mexico who accompanied them.

From New York Times Feb. 24, 2023

She bought an oxygen tank in case a baby came out and couldn’t breathe, and she took a suturing class so she could stitch the women who tore.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover




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