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ter·race

(ter'as),
To suture in several rows, thus closing a wound through a considerable thickness of tissue.
[thr. O. Fr. fr. L. terra, earth]
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terrace

Surgery A layer of sutures used to close thick tissue from the most internal to most external layers. See Sutures.
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ter·race

(ter'ăs)
To suture in several rows, in closing a wound through a considerable thickness of tissue.
[thr. O. Fr. fr. L. terra, earth]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
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A pounds 40 million regeneration of the club's Molineux stadium is underway but there are no plans to re-install terracing in the development, And there was also division among fans on the issue.
I am a big fan of the Bundesliga system where there is still terracing in certain areas."
And Steven Allen said more terracing would improve the atmosphere at games.
Considering the complexity of terracing in some areas, it is curious that less than one-quarter of the sloping terrain was protected by terraces in the Petexbatun region.
Development programs have successfully introduced terracing and other conservation technologies around the world and specifically to Guatemala (Arledge 1980, 1988), but conservation technologies can also be completely ignored or even dismantled when they run counter to local agricultural practices (Lewis 1992).
Agricultural Terracing in the Aboriginal New World.
Even with my limited experience of terracing I am sad to see it being replaced by seats.
Speaking of '87, I know the majority of fans from those days would prefer to go back to terracing and let football keep it's tradition, instead of forcing supporters to sit with little leg room in the lifeless pop- up stadiums which are appearing all over the country (they look incredibly similar).
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