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suture needle — noun : surgical needle … Useful english dictionary
Needle — may refer to: Contents 1 Crafting 2 Botany 3 Geography 4 … Wikipedia
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
needle — 1. A slender, solid, usually sharp pointed instrument used for puncturing tissues, suturing, or passing a ligature around or through a vessel. 2. A hollow n. used for injection, aspiration, biopsy, or to guide introduction of a catheter into a v … Medical dictionary
suture forceps — forceps used to hold the needle in passing a suture; a needle holder … Medical dictionary
needle — n. a slender sharp pointed instrument used for a variety of purposes. The size and shape of needles used in surgery for sewing up tissue depend on the type of surgery. Nowadays most needles have suture material fused onto them (so called… … The new mediacal dictionary
Surgical suture — For other uses, see Suture (disambiguation). Surgical suture on needle holder. Packaging shown above. Surgical suture is a medical device used to hold body tissues together after an injury or surgery. It generally consists of a needle with an… … Wikipedia
locked suture — lock stitch suture a type of continuous suture in which the needle is passed through several layers and the suture loop falls over the point where the needle emerges from the skin; this forms a self locking stitch when the strand is pulled taut.… … Medical dictionary
Hypodermic needle — A hypodermic needle is a hollow needle commonly used with a syringe to inject substances into the body. They may also be used to take liquid samples from the body, for example taking blood from a vein in venipuncture.A hypodermic needle is used… … Wikipedia
mattress suture — mat·tress suture ma trəs n a surgical stitch in which the suture is passed back and forth through both edges of a wound so that the needle is reinserted each time on the side of exit and passes through to the side of insertion called also… … Medical dictionary
