Absorbable suture
absorbable suture
absorbable suture n.
a surgical suture that is composed of a material that is digestible by tissues of the body.
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the capacity of a substance to absorb radiation, expressed as the common logarithm of the reciprocal of the transmittance of the substance. noun (physics) a measure of the light-absorbing ability of an object, expressed as the logarithm to base 10 of the reciprocal of the internal transmittance see transmittance absorbance ab·sorb·ance (əb-sôr’bəns, -zôr’-) or ab·sorb·an·cy […]
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deeply interested or involved; preoccupied: he had an absorbed look on his face. to suck up or drink in (a liquid); soak up: a sponge absorbs water. to swallow up the ident-ty or individuality of; incorporate: the empire absorbed many small nations. to involve the full attention of; to engross or engage wholly: so absorbed […]
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deeply interested or involved; preoccupied: he had an absorbed look on his face. historical examples she sketched rapidly but fixedly and absorbedly, evidently forgetting all else in her work. under the redwoods bret harte by midnight, ship-time, she’d learned the game and played it absorbedly. pariah planet murray leinster absorbedly, stone took them from her, […]