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INTERRUPTED SUTURE

\ˌɪntəɹˈʌptɪd sˈuːt͡ʃə], \ˌɪntəɹˈʌptɪd sˈuːt‍ʃə], \ˌɪ_n_t_ə_ɹ_ˈʌ_p_t_ɪ_d s_ˈuː_tʃ_ə]\

Definitions of INTERRUPTED SUTURE

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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series of stitches each separately tied.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A s. formed by single stitches inserted separately, the needle being usually passed through one lip from without inward, and through the other from within outward.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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