suturing

This term is primarily used within clinical and surgical environments, carrying a high degree of technical formality. While "stitching" is a common synonym used in casual conversation or by patients, "suturing" is the precise medical terminology used by healthcare professionals to describe the procedure.

As a noun, the word functions as a gerund describing the process. It is typically treated as an uncountable noun when referring to the general medical technique or the act of closing a wound, meaning it does not usually take a plural form in professional medical discourse.