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osteosuture

osteosuture noun: a surgery in which fragments of broken bone are sutured together.

Noun

osteosuture (plural osteosutures)

  1. A surgery in which fragments of broken bone are sutured together.
    • In case of a small fragment or comminuted fracture, an osteosuture of the anterior capsule with associated bone fragment is performed.2016, André Thès, Philippe Hardy, Arthroscopy: Basic to Advanced, Elbow Fractures Treatments, page 729

Forms of osteosuture

pluralosteosutures

Origin of osteosuture

From osteo- + suture.

Questions about osteosuture

What does osteosuture mean?
Osteosuture means a surgery in which fragments of broken bone are sutured together.
What part of speech is osteosuture?
Osteosuture is a noun.
What is the plural of osteosuture?
The plural of osteosuture is osteosutures.

Words near osteosuture in the dictionary

  1. osteostatin
  2. osteostimulation
  3. osteostimulatory
  4. osteostracan
  5. osteostracans
  6. osteosuture
  7. osteosutures
  8. osteosyntheses
  9. osteosynthesis
  10. osteosynthesize
  11. osteosynthesized

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