| SOSA | Student Osteopathic Surgical Association |
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| SPICU | surgical pulmonary intensive care unit |
| SPOCS | surgical planning and orientation computer system |
| SSI | segmental sequential irradiation; shoulder subluxation inhibition; small-scale integration; Social S... |
| SSO | sequence-specific oligonucleotide [probe]; Society of Surgical Oncology; special sense organ |
| dentate suture | One whose opposing margins present deep sawlike indentations, as most of the sagittal suture. Synonym: sutura serrata, dentate suture. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| doubly armed suture | A suture with a needle attached at both ends. Synonym: cobbler's suture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Dupuytren's suture | A continuous Lembert suture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| implanted suture | Passage of a pin through each lip of the wound parallel to the line of incision, the pins then being looped together with suture's. (05 Mar 2000) |
| incisive suture | Line of union of the two portions of the maxilla (pre-and postmaxilla); it is present at birth but may persist into old age. Synonym: sutura incisiva, premaxillary suture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| quilted suture | A suture utilizing a double stitch that forms a loop about the tissue on both sides of a wound, producing eversion of the edges when tied. Synonym: quilted suture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| infraorbital suture | An inconstant suture running from the infraorbital foramen to the infraorbital groove. Synonym: sutura infraorbitalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intermaxillary suture | The line of union of the two maxillae. Synonym: sutura intermaxillaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| internasal suture | Line of union between the two nasal bones. Synonym: sutura internasalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interparietal suture | Line of union between the two parietal bones. Synonym: sutura sagittalis, interparietal suture, sutura interparietalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interrupted suture | A single stitch fixed by tying ends together. (05 Mar 2000) |
| occipitomastoid suture | Continuation of the lambdoid suture between the posterior border of the petrous portion of the temporal bone and the occipital. Synonym: sutura occipitomastoidea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| temporozygomatic suture | Line of junction of the zygomatic process of the temporal and the temporal process of the zygomatic bone. Synonym: sutura temporozygomatica, sutura zygomaticotemporalis, temporozygomatic suture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tendon suture | Suture of the divided ends of a tendon. Synonym: tendinosuture, tendon suture, tenosuture. Origin: teno-+ G. Rhaphe, suture (05 Mar 2000) |
| tension suture | <surgery> A heavy reinforcing suture placed deep within the muscles and fasciae of the abdominal wall to relieve tension on the primary suture line and thus obviate postoperative wound disruption. Synonym: tension suture. (05 Mar 2000) |