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horizontal
(redirected from horizontal mattress suture)

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horizontal
1. measured or contained in a plane parallel to that of the horizon
2. Economics relating to identical stages of commercial activity

horizontal [‚här·ə′zänt·əl]
(science and technology)
Being in a plane perpendicular to the gravitational field, that is, perpendicular to a plumb line, at a given point on the earth's surface.


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nbsp;position with a horizontal mattress suture (4-0 polydiaxanone [PDS]) that extends from its dorsal border to the holes drilled through the nasal bones (figure 1, B).
Heart lacerations in proximity to coronary vessels are repaired using a horizontal mattress suture placed deep to the vessel to avoid vascular occlusion.
 
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