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1. (n.) suture
a joining of the edges of a wound or the like by stitching or some similar process.
2. suture
a particular method of doing this.
3. suture
one of the stitches or fastenings employed.
4. suture
the seam where two bones are fused, as at the top of the skull.
5. suture
the seam where any two parts join, as the valves of a clamshell.
6. suture
a seam formed in or as if in sewing; line of junction between two parts.
7. suture
a sewing together or a joining as if by sewing.
8. (v.t.) suture
to unite by or as if by a suture.
Etymology: (1535–45; < L sūtūra seam, suture =sūt(us), ptp. of suere to sew+-ūra -ure)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) suture, sutura, fibrous joint
an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull)
2. (noun) suture, surgical seam
a seam used in surgery
3. (verb) suture
thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together
4. (verb) suture
join with a suture
"suture the wound after surgery"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) suture
the act of sewing; also, the line along which two things or parts are sewed together, or are united so as to form a seam, or that which resembles a seam
2. (noun) suture
the uniting of the parts of a wound by stitching
3. (noun) suture
the stitch by which the parts are united
4. (noun) suture
the line of union, or seam, in an immovable articulation, like those between the bones of the skull; also, such an articulation itself; synarthrosis. See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic
5. (noun) suture
the line, or seam, formed by the union of two margins in any part of a plant; as, the ventral suture of a legume
6. (noun) suture
a line resembling a seam; as, the dorsal suture of a legume, which really corresponds to a midrib
7. (noun) suture
the line at which the elytra of a beetle meet and are sometimes confluent
8. (noun) suture
a seam, or impressed line, as between the segments of a crustacean, or between the whorls of a univalve shell
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