SUTURING Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

suturing 1 of 2

noun

as in sewing

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suturing

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verb

present participle of suture

as in stitching

to close up with a series of interlacing stitches the doctor cleaned, sutured, and bandaged the wound

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unsewing

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Recent Examples of suturing

Noun

Liu’s Met commission, with its disembodied hands, its severing and suturing of the organic and the mechanical, may be a metaphor for a civilization detached from its foundations and coming to its end. — Lavender Au, ARTnews.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Verb

The first surgeries—suturing vaginal lacerations post-delivery—were reported in 1050 AD. — Valerie Monroe, Allure, 21 Sep. 2026 The company says the system would be able to perform hemorrhage control, wound repair, chest decompression, shrapnel extraction, and field suturing, stabilizing the patient until evacuation can be carried out. — Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026 The issue was surrounding his leg amputation surgery, a procedure that involves stretching the muscles and suturing them to provide the bone with padding. — Jacob Louraine, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026 Treatment typically starts with clipping the fur around the injury, cleaning the area and, if needed, suturing the skin. — Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 21 Jan. 2026 Researchers compared the performance of the autonomous bot and a human surgeon on the same suturing task and found that the bot's stitches were more uniform and made a tighter seal. — IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2016

Recent Examples of Synonyms for suturing

Noun

In the back rooms, Rana teaches mathematics for free, alongside women running secret lessons in English and computer skills under cover of sewing and beadwork.

— Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Oct. 2026
After his best friend died of AIDS, activist Cleve Jones channeled his grief into a sewing project that became the AIDS Memorial Quilt.

— René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of sewing

Verb

He’s made elegant additions, too, such as stitching in a lovely fairy tale that Ionesco wrote for his daughter and staging it with a whimsical storm of soap bubbles.

— Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2026
The hand-crocheted The Sak Bryn Slip-on Clogs come in a rich mahogany hue, or a playful peach shade with fall-friendly contrast stitching.

— Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of stitching

Noun

Renovations, replacement equipment and previous repairs can all become part of the background without being directly connected to an injury.

— Emma Clapp, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
The Clean Energy Choice Act, introduced by Assemblymember Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park), requires utilities to offer homeowners a financial incentive to disconnect from gas and electrify the home when gas service line repairs are scheduled.

— Molly McCrea, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of repair

Verb

There’s also the question of repairing equipment, which is much more difficult in space.

— Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
This may include repairing or repositioning a sprinkler, changing the irrigation schedule, removing standing water, posting warning signs, or temporarily restricting access to an affected area.

— Christyne D. Santisteban, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of repairing

Noun

Before the healing process was complete, however, Scotty died in what scientists believe was a salty marsh.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
In accepting only God’s perspective, the author found healing after he was injured.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of healing

Noun

Carney’s closing appeal came after two days of campaigning against separation in the province.

— Rob Gillies, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
For all its relative quiet, the week’s closing impression was that there was plenty for those intent on listening to Shanghai’s voices.

— Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of closing

Noun

The Cowboys still had all three timeouts, affording them an opportunity to get the ball back one last time, but Bucs running back Bucky Irving scampered for the game-sealing first down two plays later.

— Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Banks’ game-sealing interception was a bit of fun deja vu for Giants fans, who saw safety Jevon Holland intercept Titans quarterback Cam Ward in the final seconds to seal New York’s Week 3 win.

— Doug Haller, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of sealing

Noun

This includes warp and weft knitting, dyeing, digital, flat-bed and heat-transfer printing, stentering and finishing proficiencies.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
In knitting, loops from the middle of an entangled yarn are slipped through one another so the yarn holds its position but isn’t knotted together.

— Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026

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