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glover's suture

glover's suture noun: a kind of running suture, in which the thread is drawn alternately through each side from within outward.

Noun

glover's suture (plural glover's sutures)

  1. (archaic) A kind of running suture, in which the thread is drawn alternately through each side from within outward.

Forms of glover's suture

pluralglover's sutures

Origin of glover's suture

Similar to stitches for gloves.

Questions about glover's suture

What does glover's suture mean?
Glover's suture means a kind of running suture, in which the thread is drawn alternately through each side from within outward.
What part of speech is glover's suture?
Glover's suture is a noun.
What is the plural of glover's suture?
The plural of glover's suture is glover's sutures.

Words near glover's suture in the dictionary

  1. glovemen
  2. glover
  3. Glover Island
  4. Glover tower
  5. Glover towers
  6. glover's suture
  7. glover's sutures
  8. Glover's tower
  9. Glover's towers
  10. gloveress
  11. gloveresses

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