pursestring suture

A form of purse-string suture — A surgical and medical technique where a continuous running stitch is placed in and out along the edge of a circular wound; when the suture ends are pulled tight, the opening gathers and closes, much like a traditional drawstring purse.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounpursestring suture (plural pursestring sutures)

plural pursestring sutures

  1. alternativeAlternative form of purse-string suture.
Cite this entry
APA

pursestring suture. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pursestring%20suture

MLA

“pursestring suture.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pursestring%20suture. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pursestring suture,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pursestring%20suture.

Source: pursestring suture on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.