autoclips

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A form of autoclip — A stainless steel clip, used to close wounds, that can be removed using a forceps when the wound has healed.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of autoclip

    The intestines were repositioned, and the abdominal musculature and skin incisions were closed by standard techniques with absorbable suture and autoclips.

    2015 August 8, “Aggravated Cardiac Remodeling post Aortocaval Fistula in Unilateral Nephrectomized Rats”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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