| DOLLS | [Lee] double-loop locking suture |
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| DPS | delayed primary suture; descending perineum syndrome; dimethylpolysiloxane; dysesthetic pain syndrom... |
| FMN | first malignant neoplasm; flavin mononucleotide; frontomaxillonasal [suture] |
| ns | nanosecond; nonspecific; no sequelae; no specimen; not significant; nylon suture |
| SES | Society of Eye Surgeons; socioeconomic status; spatial emotional stimulus; sphenoethmoidal suture; s... |
| true ribs | Seven upper ribs on either side whose cartilages articulate directly with the sternum. Synonym: costae verae, vertebrosternal ribs. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| true thirst | Thirst that can be satisfied by drinking water. (05 Mar 2000) |
| true vertebra | Any one of the cervical, thoracic, or lumbar vertebrae. Synonym: vertebra vera. (05 Mar 2000) |
| true vocal cord | One of Ferrein's cords; the sharp edge of a fold of mucous membrane overlying the vocal ligament and stretching along either wall of the larynx from the angle between the laminae of the thyroid cartilage to the vocal process of the arytenoid cartilage; the vocal folds are the agents concerned in voice production. Synonym: plica vocalis, chorda vocalis, labium vocale, true vocal cord, vocal cord, vocal shelf. (05 Mar 2000) |
| absorbable surgical suture | A surgical suture material prepared from a substance that can be digested by body tissues and is therefore not permanent; it is available in various diameters and tensile strengths, and can be treated to modify its resistance to absorption and be impregnated with antimicrobial agents. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Albert's suture | A modified Czerny suture, the first row of stitches passing through the entire thickness of the wall of the gut. (05 Mar 2000) |
| apposition suture | A suture of the skin only. Synonym: coaptation suture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| approximation suture | A suture that pulls together the deep tissues. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atraumatic suture | A suture swaged onto the end of an eyeless needle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| blanket suture | A continuous lock-stitch used to approximate the skin of a wound. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bridle suture | A suture passed through the superior rectus muscle to rotate the globe downward in eye surgery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bunnell's suture | A method of tenorrhaphy using a pull-out wire affixed to buttons. (05 Mar 2000) |
| buried suture | Any suture placed entirely below the surface of the skin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| button suture | A suture in which the threads are passed through the holes of a button and then tied; used to reduce the danger of the threads cutting through the flesh. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palatoethmoidal suture | Line of junction of the orbital process of the palatine bone and the orbital plate of the ethmoid. Synonym: sutura palatoethmoidalis. (05 Mar 2000) |