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 eight suture, figure in, figure of eight, figure of merit, figure of speech, figure on

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