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suture
[ soo-cher ]
noun
- Surgery.
- a joining of the lips or edges of a wound or the like by stitching or some similar process.
- a particular method of doing this.
- one of the stitches or fastenings employed.
- Anatomy.
- the line of junction of two bones, especially of the skull, in an immovable articulation.
- the articulation itself.
- Zoology, Botany. the junction or line of junction of contiguous parts, as the line of closure between the valves of a bivalve shell, a seam where carpels of a pericarp join, etc.
- a seam as formed in sewing; a line of junction between two parts.
- a sewing together or a joining as by sewing.
verb (used with object)
, su·tured, su·tur·ing.
- to unite by or as by a suture.
suture
/ ˈsuːtʃə /
noun
- surgery
- catgut, silk thread, or wire used to stitch together two bodily surfaces
- the surgical seam formed after joining two surfaces Also calledseam
- anatomy a type of immovable joint, esp between the bones of the skull ( cranial suture )
- a seam or joining, as in sewing
- zoology a line of junction in a mollusc shell, esp the line between adjacent chambers of a nautiloid shell
- botany a line marking the point of dehiscence in a seed pod or capsule
verb
- tr surgery to join (the edges of a wound, etc) by means of sutures
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Derived Forms
- ˈsuturally, adverb
- ˈsutural, adjective
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Other Words From
- sutur·al adjective
- sutur·al·ly adverb
- pre·sutur·al adjective
- un·sutured adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of suture1
C16: from Latin sūtūra, from suere to sew
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Example Sentences
He says that this suture insures the redintegration of the nerve much better.
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The preferable suture material in his experience was silk or linen.
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The inflexed or inferior lateral margin of the Prothorax, separated in many genera from the Antepectus by a suture.
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The relative lengths of the prefrontal and internasal sutures are subequal, or the prefrontal suture is slightly longer.
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This I secured at once with suture and the accident had no bad consequences.
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