- cobbler's suture
- double-armed s.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
cobbler's suture
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Suture — The word suture has several uses in medicine, including: {{}}Cranial suture A type of joint between the bones of the skull where the bones are held tightly together by fibrous tissue. A surgical suture Thread like material used to sew tissue… … Medical dictionary
double-armed suture — a suture made with material threaded through a needle at each end. Called also cobbler s suture … Medical dictionary
sutor — /sūˈ, sooˈtör or tər/ (archaic) noun A cobbler ORIGIN: ↑souter; or directly from L sūtor, ōris cobbler • • • sutoˈrial or sutoˈrian adjective Relating to cobbling or to sewing * * * sutor var. souter, shoemaker; obs. erron. f … Useful english dictionary
