Definition of Coapts

1. coapt [v] - See also: coapt

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coapts

coappear
coappeared
coappearing
coappears
coapplied
coapplies
coapply
coapplying
coapt
coaptation
coaptation splint
coaptation suture
coaptations
coapted
coapting
coapts (current term)
coaration
coarb
coarbs
coarct
coarctate
coarctate retina
coarctations
coarctectomy
coarctotomy
coarse
coarse-grained
coarse-graining

Literary usage of Coapts

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Canada Medical and Surgical Journal (1877)
"... previously washed in warm water; then, this drain being fixed, coapts the flaps, applies, to hold the muscles, two or three points of deep quill suture, ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1890)
"The author claims for this plate that it is successful in practical experiments; it is quickly made; it coapts the largest possible serous surface and holds ..."

3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"They [the clergymen] walked partly in coapts . . , and partly in surplices. Coryat, Crudities, I. 37. It had no Ruin irk to lie sung In an antick Coape upon ..."

4. Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists by American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (1888)
"When the wound surface is very large he coapts in layers, as did Schroeder, and thus buries one line of the sutures. He commends this practice as very ..."

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