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SQUAFOUS SUTURE

\skwˈɒfəs sˈuːt͡ʃə], \skwˈɒfəs sˈuːt‍ʃə], \s_k_w_ˈɒ_f_ə_s s_ˈuː_tʃ_ə]\

Definitions of SQUAFOUS SUTURE

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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See squamoparietal s.
A sharpened wire shaped like a staple that is passed through both lips of a wound and then bent back.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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