chromic catgut /krō″mik/ [Gk, chroma, color; L, catta; AS, guttas] , surgical catgut that has been treated with chromium trioxide to strengthen it. It is an absorbable suture used as a ligature.
chromic catgut
chromic catgut /krō″mik/ [Gk, chroma, color; L, catta; AS, guttas] , surgical catgut that has been treated with chromium trioxide to strengthen it. It is an absorbable suture used as a ligature.