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SHOTTED SUTURE

\ʃˈɒtɪd sˈuːt͡ʃə], \ʃˈɒtɪd sˈuːt‍ʃə], \ʃ_ˈɒ_t_ɪ_d s_ˈuː_tʃ_ə]\

Definitions of SHOTTED SUTURE

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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One in which the ends are fastened by passing through a split shot which is then compressed.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

both ends of the stitch pass through a shot.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A form of s. in which both ends of a wire or silkworm gut are passed through a perforated shot that is then compressed tightly over them.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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