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CONTINUOUS SUTURE

\kəntˈɪnjuːəs sˈuːt͡ʃə], \kəntˈɪnjuːəs sˈuːt‍ʃə], \k_ə_n_t_ˈɪ_n_j_uː_ə_s s_ˈuː_tʃ_ə]\

Definitions of CONTINUOUS SUTURE

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

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a suture in which the stitches are made with one unbroken thread.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

The closure of a wound by means of one continuous thread, usually by transfixing first one lip and then the other, alternately, from within outward.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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