A suture made with a single strand of suture material, that is begun in the same way as a simple interrupted suture. However, it consists of a series of stitches that are not individually knotted. They are typically used when the wound is in a visible part of the body and thus the stitches will not be readily apparent.
The closure of a wound by means of one continuous thread, usually by transfixing one edge of the wound and then the other alternately from within outward in a variety of techniques.