🇬🇧🇪🇸 suture - punto : English Lesson

Meaning of "suture" ("punto"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A suture is a special kind of stitch that doctors and nurses use to close a cut or surgical opening on the body. They use a tiny needle and strong thread to carefully pull the skin edges together so the body can heal. Sutures help keep the wound closed, clean, and protected while new skin grows underneath, and later the doctor may remove the sutures or they may slowly disappear on their own.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

The surgeon put in a tiny, perfect suture, and my mom whispered, “If only you did your room that neatly.”

I told the nurse my suture was like a tiny shoelace, and she said, “Yes, please don’t untie it.”

The suture on my knee looked so neat I asked the doctor if he practiced on oranges first; he said, “Actually, yes.”

The doctor said, “Don’t scratch your suture,” so of course my brain made it the itchiest place in the entire universe.

Sutures can be made of special materials that slowly disappear inside your body, like tiny secret threads that quietly do their job and then sneak away.

She cut her palm on the fence. At the small clinic the nurse tied a steady suture, then another suture, then a tiny suture along the skin. Each suture closed the gap, slow and careful. The doctor smiled, checked the final suture, and the woman breathed out, relieved as the wound held.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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