suturing
Definition
- Noun:
- The act or process of surgically joining two surfaces, especially body tissues, using stitches (sutures): This is the primary medical meaning, referring to the technique itself.
- The result of this process; a sewn seam or closure: It can also refer to the stitched closure as a physical entity.
Usage and Examples
- Noun:
- The doctor completed the suturing of the wound with great skill. (This describes the action of sewing the wound closed.)
- The patient's suturing was clean and showed no signs of infection. (This refers to the stitched closure as a result.)
- Proper suturing technique is essential for optimal healing. (This refers to the method or skill.)
Advanced Usage
"Fine suturing": Refers to suturing that requires great precision, often in microsurgery or on delicate tissues like those on the face.
- The plastic surgeon's fine suturing minimized scarring.
"Layered suturing": A technique where different tissue layers (e.g., muscle, fascia, skin) are closed separately.
- Layered suturing provides greater strength to the abdominal incision.
Variants and Related Words
Suture (n): The individual stitch or the material (thread) used for stitching.
- The surgeon used dissolvable sutures.
Suture (v): To stitch a wound closed.
- The nurse will suture the small laceration.
Sutured (adj): Describing something that has been closed with stitches.
- The sutured incision healed well.
Synonyms
- Stitching: The most direct synonym, emphasizing the action of sewing.
- Sewing (up): A more general, sometimes informal term for closing a wound with stitches.
- Closure (surgical): A broader term that can include methods other than suturing, like staples or glue.
Related Phrases
"To place a suture": The specific act of putting in a single stitch.
- The resident practiced how to place a suture correctly.
"To remove sutures": The process of taking the stitches out once healing has progressed.
- Your sutures will be removed in ten days.
Noun
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surgical joining of two surfaces
