microsuture

microsuture

English

Etymology

From micro- +‎ suture.

Noun

microsuture (plural microsutures)

  1. (surgery) A very small suture used in microsurgery

Verb

microsuture (third-person singular simple present microsutures, present participle microsuturing, simple past and past participle microsutured)

  1. (surgery) To construct such a suture