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Surgeon's Knot

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Noun

1. surgeon's knot

any of several knots used in tying stitches or ligatures

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Surgeon's Knot

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noun

a knot used by surgeons in tying ligatures, etc

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Surgeon's Knot

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any of several knots used as by surgeons in tying ligatures

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Surgeon's Knot

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n. pl. surgeons' knots

Any of several knots, especially one similar to a square knot, used in surgery for tying ligatures or stitching incisions.

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