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suture

/ˈsuːtʃər/  ·  say it: SOO·cher

a stitch closing a wound

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1. (noun) a stitch made by a doctor to close a wound or hold edges of skin together after surgery

2. (noun) the thread or material used to make these stitches

3. (verb) to close a wound or cut with stitches

Examples

• 1. The doctor removed the sutures from my arm after two weeks.
• 2. The surgeon used dissolving sutures that don't need to be removed.
• 3. The wound was sutured carefully to minimize scarring.

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