silk suture
1Suture — The word suture has several uses in medicine, including: {{}}Cranial suture A type of joint between the bones of the skull where the bones are held tightly together by fibrous tissue. A surgical suture Thread like material used to sew tissue… …
2silk — The fibers or filaments obtained from the cocoon of the silkworm. floss s. SYN: dental floss. surgical s. thread prepared from the cocoon filaments of glutinous gum that are spun by the mulberry silkworm Bombyx mori; can be obtained in various… …
3suture — 1) n. (in anatomy) a type of immovable joint, found particularly in the skull, that is characterized by a minimal amount of connective tissue between the two bones. The cranial sutures include the coronal suture, between the frontal and parietal… …
4Surgical suture — For other uses, see Suture (disambiguation). Surgical suture on needle holder. Packaging shown above. Surgical suture is a medical device used to hold body tissues together after an injury or surgery. It generally consists of a needle with an… …
5virgin silk — silk from which the adhesive protein sericin has not been removed; used as a suture material in ophthalmic microsurgery …
6retention suture — a suture in which a large amount of tissue is included in each stitch, using strong material such as braided silk or stainless steel; this type is especially for reinforcing of abdominal wounds, relieving pressure on the primary suture line, and… …
7nonabsorbable suture — a suture that uses material that is not absorbed in the body, such as silk, cotton, stainless steel, or nylon or some other synthetic material …
8nonabsorbable surgical suture — [USP] a strand of material resistant to the action of living mammalian tissue, available in various diameters and tensile strengths. There are three types: Class I is composed of monofilament, twisted, or braided silk or synthetic fibers; if… …
9Gräfenberg's ring — is a flexible ring of silk suture, later versions of which were wrapped in silver wire. It was an early IUD, a birth control device. Gräfenberg s ring was the first IUD used by a significant number of women.cite journal | year = 2000 | month =… …
10IUD with copper — This article is about non hormonally based intrauterine contraceptives. For hormonally based intrauterine contraceptives such as Mirena, see Hormonal IUD. IUD with copper Photo of a common IUD (Paragard T 380A) Background Birth co …
