microsuture

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noun

A very small suture used in microsurgery

Scrabble 15

Meanings

nounmicrosuture (plural microsutures)

plural microsutures

  1. medicineA very small suture used in microsurgery
verbmicrosuture (third-person singular simple present microsutures, present participle microsuturing, simple past and past participle microsutured)

present singular third person microsutures · participle present microsuturing · participle past microsutured · past microsutured

  1. medicineTo construct such a suture

Origin

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APA

microsuture. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microsuture

MLA

“microsuture.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microsuture. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microsuture,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microsuture.

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