- interrupted suture
- in·ter·rupt·ed suture .int-ə-'rəp-təd- n a suture in which each stitch is separately tied
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a noncontinuous suture; one in which each stitch is made with a separate piece of material.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
interrupted suture
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