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Definition of Nonabsorbable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonabsorbable
Literary usage of Nonabsorbable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Operative Surgery by John Shelton Horsley (1921)
"When very fine silk is used to tie vessels and the aseptic technic is perfect,
no trouble may result from the nonabsorbable suture, and in time such fine ..."
2. Code of Federal Regulations: Title 21: Food and Drugs by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Staff (2005)
"37282-12- 5) nonabsorbable sutures for use in general and ophthalmic surgery,
polybutylene terephthalate nonabsorbable monofilament sutures for general and ..."
3. Collected Papers by the Staff of Saint Mary's Hospital, Mayo Clinic by Saint Marys Hospital (Rochester, Minn.) (1922)
"In the series of 101 jejunal ulcers in the Mayo Clinic, herewith reported,
nonabsorbable suture material was found in nine cases of the fifty-five ..."
4. A Manual of surgery for students and physicians by Francis T. Stewart (1921)
"nonabsorbable foreign bodies, such as silver, zinc, celluloid, rubber, etc., ...
Fortunately nonforeign and nonabsorbable material (cartilage, muscle, ..."
5. Useful Cathartics: A Series of Articles on the Use and Abuse of Cathartics by Bernard Fantus (1920)
"They do this, presumably, because they are practically nonabsorbable in the
alimentary tract and therefore retain enough water in the colonie contents to ..."
6. The Operating room and the patient by Russell Story Fowler (1913)
"On the twelfth to fourteenth day if nonabsorbable sutures have been used, the
patient is placed in the Sims' position, a Sims' speculum introduced and the ..."
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