suture

Meanings

• noun

  A surgical stitch or staple used to close a wound, especially in surgery.

  - "The surgeon used sutures to close the patient's wound."
  - "After the surgery, the doctor applied sutures to the incision."

• verb

  The act of stitching or joining together.

  - "The seamstress spent hours suturing the torn fabric."
  - "The shoemaker used a needle and thread to suture the leather."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with suture
cure , lure , perature

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Variants

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sutural , suturally , suture , sutures , sutured , suturing , coronal suture , coronal sutures

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Etymology

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From the Old French word 'sutur', meaning 'sewn together'.

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Trivia

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1. Sutures were used as early as 2500 BC in ancient Egypt.

2. The first recorded use of sutures in surgery was documented in India around 3000 BC.

3. The term 'suture' comes from the Latin word 'sutura', meaning 'seam' or 'sewn'.

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Related Concepts

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1. Staples: An alternative to sutures for closing wounds, using small metal clips to join the wound edges together.

2. Suturing Techniques: Various methods for performing sutures, such as continuous, interrupted, and subcuticular techniques.

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Culture

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Sutures have been used for thousands of years to close wounds and have played a significant role in medical history. They have been depicted in various forms of art and literature, such as ancient Egyptian medical papyri and Shakespeare's plays.

How to Memorize "suture"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a surgeon carefully stitching together the edges of a wound with a needle and thread.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'suture' with the idea of healing and closing a wound.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering the word 'suture' as 'Sewn Together Using Thread' or 'Stitches Used To Repair'.

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