See Also: pledgetted suture(medicine)
suture(dictionary)
suture(dictionary)
Suture(medicine)
far-and-near suture(medicine)
Suture(health)
interrupted suture(medicine)
internasal suture(medicine)
parietomastoid suture(medicine)
plane suture(medicine)

rotamer (iou) and pledgetted suture (medicine)


rotamer (iou)



rotamer noun. M20.
[from ROTA(TIONAL + -MER.]
Chemistry. Any of a number of isomers of a molecule which can be interconverted by rotation of part of the molecule about a particular bond.

pledgetted suture (medicine)


pledgetted suture


A suture supported by a small piece of cloth or tissue so that the suture will tear through the tissue.