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stitch (stich)

1. a sudden, transient cutting pain.

2. a suture.

stitch (st

ch)

1. A sudden sharp pain, especially in the side.

2. A single suture.

To suture.

stitch

Etymology: ME, stiche

1 a suture.

2 a sudden sharp pain.

stitch [stich]

1. a sudden transient cutting pain, generally in the flank.

2. a loop made in sewing or suturing; see suture (def. 2).

stitch,

n See suture.

stitch, blanket,

n See suture, blanket.

Stippling.

stitch

a loop made in sewing or suturing.

stitch abscess

see stitch abscess.

stitch

Sports medicine Popular for a stabbing pain, often at the lower border of the ribcage. See Charley horse Surgery A popular term for a single suture, as in a wound needing 14 stitches. See Baseball stitch Vox populi A measure of a laceration's severity/bragging rights with others–eg, it required 5 stitches–yawn, 20 stitches–wow.!, 135 stitches–da-yammm!

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