| NOSAC | nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory compound |
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| QAC | quaternary ammonium compound |
| SGC | spermicide-germicide compound |
| THS | tetrahydro-compound S; thrombohemorrhagic syndrome; Tolosa-Hunt syndrome |
| coaptation suture | A suture of the skin only. Synonym: coaptation suture. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| cobbler's suture | A suture with a needle attached at both ends. Synonym: cobbler's suture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wedge-and-groove suture | A form of fibrous joint in which the sharp edge of one bone is received in a cleft in the edge of the other, as in the articulation of the vomer with the rostrum of the sphenoid. Synonym: schindylesis, schindyletic joint, wedge-and-groove suture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plane suture | A simple firm apposition of two smooth surfaces of bones, without overlap, as seen in the lacrimomaxillary suture. Synonym: sutura plana, harmonia, harmonic suture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pledgetted suture | A suture supported by a small piece of cloth or tissue so that the suture will tear through the tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Connell's suture | <surgery> A continuous suture used for inverting the gastric or intestinal walls in performing an anastomosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| continuous suture | An uninterrupted series of stitches using one suture; the stitching is fastened at each end by a knot. Synonym: spiral suture, uninterrupted suture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| control release suture | Eyeless suture with thread attached to needle such that the two separate when tension is applied to the thread. (05 Mar 2000) |
| coronal suture | The line of junction of the frontal with the two parietal bones of the skull. Synonym: sutura coronalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Cushing's suture | A running horizontal mattress suture used to approximate two adjacent surfaces. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Halsted's suture | A suture placed through the subcuticular fascia; used for exact skin approximation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| premaxillary 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) |
| harmonic suture | A simple firm apposition of two smooth surfaces of bones, without overlap, as seen in the lacrimomaxillary suture. Synonym: sutura plana, harmonia, harmonic suture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Czerny-Lembert suture | An intestinal suture in two rows combining the Czerny suture (first) and the Lembert suture (second). (05 Mar 2000) |
| Czerny's suture | The first row of the Czerny-Lembert intestinal suture; the needle enters the serosa and passes out through the submucosa or muscularis, and then enters the submucosa or muscularis of the opposite side and emerges from the serosa. (05 Mar 2000) |