All sutures are classified as either absorbable or non-absorbable depending on whether the body will naturally degrade and absorb the suture material over time. Absorbable suture materials include the original catgut as well as the newer synthetics polyglycolic acid, polylactic acid, polydioxanone, and caprolactone.
Bracketing (phenomenology) Bracketing (German: Einklammerung; also called epochÃ©, or phenomenological reduction) is a term in the philosophical movement of phenomenology describing the act of suspending judgment about the natural world to instead focus on analysis of experience. Contents. 1 Overview.
bracket (third-person singular simple present brackets, present participle bracketing, simple past and past participle bracketed) 1  To bound on both sides, to surround, as enclosing with brackets. 2  To place in the same category. 3  To mark distinctly for special treatment.  To set aside, discount, ignore.