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“absorbable surgical suture”
absorbable surgical suture (s) (noun)
A sterile strand prepared from collagen derived from healthy mammals or from a synthetic polymer.
This type of suture is absorbed and therefore does not need to be removed.
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-al [-ial, -eal]
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sorb-, sorpt- +
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sutur-, sutu- +
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