suturing
- present participle of suture.
Example Sentences
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In the medical area, adhesives play a crucial role, from suturing internal wounds to attaching sensors and implanting medical devices.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 13, 2024
This is what they found: The suturing together of Pangaea Ultima’s constituent parts would increase volcanic activity, powering a massive pulse of explosive, greenhouse gas–belching eruptions that raise global temperatures.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 17, 2023
Some involve injecting cardiomyocytes into the heart wall, others require suturing patches made from cells directly onto the heart.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2023
This stretched from the neat suturing of wounds, to reattachment and then full recreation of a cut-off nose.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2021
Months later, Carrel won a Nobel Prize for his blood-vessel- suturing technique and his contributions to organ transplantation, and he became an instant celebrity.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
