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  2. Surgical suture - Wikipedia

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    A surgical suture, also known as a stitch or stitches, is a medical device used to hold body tissues together and approximate wound edges after an injury or surgery. Application generally involves using a needle with an attached length of thread. There are numerous types of suture which differ by needle shape and size as well as thread material ...

  3. Dupuytren's contracture - Wikipedia

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    Manual work: [24] [29] a 2023 paper by researchers at the University of Groningen Medical Centre and Oxford University, "Dupuytren's disease is a work-related disorder: results of a population-based cohort study", found that people whose jobs involved significant manual work were 1.29 times more likely to develop Dupuytren's disease than others ...

  4. History of wound care - Wikipedia

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    A seminal work of traditional Chinese medicine was the Huangdi neijing (Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon) compiled between the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC (i.e. originating in the Warring States period), which viewed the human body, its organs and tissues through the lens of the metaphysical five phases and yin and yang, and stated a belief in two ...

  5. Cutwork - Wikipedia

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    Cutwork or cut work, also known as punto tagliato in Italian, is a needlework technique in which portions of a textile, typically cotton or linen, [1] are cut away and the resulting "hole" is reinforced and filled with embroidery or needle lace.

  6. Spanish language in science and technology - Wikipedia

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    The Spanish language has not kept pace with the development of language in various fields of knowledge. [4] Writing in 2007, Daniel Prado noted that Google searches on Spanish terms do not often yield quality results, hampering the work of translators and editors .

  7. AP Spanish Language and Culture - Wikipedia

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    This course is primarily a comprehensive review of all previous knowledge pertaining to the Spanish language. This class builds upon the skills developed within introductory and intermediate Spanish classes by applying each skill to a specific, contemporary context; common themes include health, education, careers, literature, history, family, relationships, and the environment.

  8. Hand knitting - Wikipedia

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    In flat knitting, generally stockinette stitch, the hand-knitter knits from right-to-left on one side of the fabric, turns the work (over), and then purls right-to-left back to the starting position. Usually, the smooth side of the fabric is considered the right side , the one facing outwards for viewing; and the side that faces inwards ...

  9. Mola (art form) - Wikipedia

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    The Mola or Molas is a hand-made textile that forms part of the traditional women's clothing of the indigenous Guna people from Panamá and Colombia. Their clothing includes a patterned wrapped skirt (saburet), a red and yellow headscarf (musue), arm and leg beads (wini), a gold nose ring (olasu) and earrings in addition to the mola blouse ...