Suture

Introduction: Suture

Description of Suture

Suture: an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull).
Source: WordNet 2.1

Suture: Materials used in closing a surgical or traumatic wound. (From Dorland, 28th ed).
Source: MeSH 2007

Suture: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Suture:

• Stitch
• Form
• Fibrous
• Joint
• Joint symptoms (1430 causes)
• Joint disease (21 causes)
• Joint disorder
• Joint problem
• Joint pain (773 causes)

Terms associated with Suture:

Terms Similar to Suture:

• sutura
• fibrous joint

Source - WordNet 2.1

• Staples, Surgical
• Surgical Staples

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Suture:

• Catgut

Source - MeSH 2007

• coronal suture
• sutura coronalis
• frontal suture
• sutura frontalis
• intermaxillary suture
• sutura intermaxillaris
• internasal suture
• sutura internasalis
• lamboid suture
• sutura lamboidea
• occipitomastoid suture
• parietomastoid suture
• sagittal suture
• interparietal suture
• sutura sagittalis

Source - WordNet 2.1

Broader terms for Suture

• Surgical Fixation Devices

Source - MeSH 2007

• joint
• articulation
• articulatio

Source - WordNet 2.1

The following terms can be used for Suture

• surgery material /equipment

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Suture

The following list attempts to classify Suture into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• articulatio,articulation,joint
• body part
• part,piece
• thing
• entity

Source: WordNet 2.1

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Equipment and Supplies
  • Surgical Equipment
    • Surgical Fixation Devices
      • Sutures

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