figure eight suture
n.
A suture used to approximate fascial edges, made using crisscross stitches.
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Nearby words
- figurative language,
- figuratively,
- figure,
- figure and ground,
- figure eight,
- figure in,
- figure of eight,
- figure of merit,
- figure of speech,
- figure on
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