You will be told if you need to return to your GP or a nurse to have your stitches removed. These are the usual time periods: 1  stitches on your head â you'll need to return after 3 to 5 days. 2  stitches over joints, such as your knees or elbows â you'll need to return after 10 to 14 days. 3  stitches on other parts of your body â you'll need to return after 7 to 10 days.
foreseeable meaning, foreseeable definition | English Cobuild dictionary. foreseeable. 1 adj If a future event is foreseeable, you know that it will happen or that it can happen, because it is a natural or obvious consequence of something else that you know.
Meaning: The act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand. Classified under: Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents. Synonyms: adumbration; foreshadowing; prefiguration. Hypernyms (foreshadowing is a kind of...): anticipation; prediction; prevision (the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)) â¢ FORESHADOWING (adjective)