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su⋅ture

  [soo-cher] noun, verb, -tured, -tur⋅ing.
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–noun
1. Surgery.
a. a joining of the lips or edges of a wound or the like by stitching or some similar process.
b. a particular method of doing this.
c. one of the stitches or fastenings employed.
2. Anatomy.
a. the line of junction of two bones, esp. of the skull, in an immovable articulation.
b. the articulation itself.
3. 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.
4. a seam as formed in sewing; a line of junction between two parts.
5. a sewing together or a joining as by sewing.
–verb (used with object)
6. to unite by or as by a suture.
Origin:
1535–45; < L sūtūra seam, suture, equiv. to sūt(us) (ptp. of suere to sew 1 ) + -ūra -ure

Related forms:
su⋅tur⋅al, adjective
su⋅tur⋅al⋅ly, adverb
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su·ture   (sōō'chər)   
n.  

    1. The process of joining two surfaces or edges together along a line by or as if by sewing.

    2. The material, such as thread, gut, or wire, that is used in this procedure.

    3. The line or stitch so formed.

    4. The fine thread or other material used surgically to close a wound or join tissues.

    5. The stitch so formed.

  2. Medicine

    1. The fine thread or other material used surgically to close a wound or join tissues.

    2. The stitch so formed.

  3. Anatomy The line of junction or an immovable joint between two bones, especially of the skull.

  4. Biology A seamlike joint or line of articulation, such as the line of dehiscence in a dry fruit or the spiral seam marking the junction of whorls of a gastropod shell.

tr.v.   su·tured, su·tur·ing, su·tures
To join by means of sutures or a suture.

[Middle English, from Latin sūtūra, from sūtus, past participle of suere, to sew; see syū- in Indo-European roots.]
su'tur·al adj., su'tur·al·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

suture 
1541, "surgical stitching of a wound, etc.," from L. sutura "a seam, a sewing together," from sutus, pp. of suere "to sew" (see sew). The verb is recorded from 1777.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1su·ture
Pronunciation: 'sü-ch&r
Function: noun
1 a : a stitch made with a suture b : astrand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body c : the act or process of sewing with sutures
2 a : the line of union in an immovable articulation (as betweenthe bones of the skull); also : such an articulation b : a furrow at the junction of adjacent bodily parts

Main Entry: 2suture
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: su·tured; su·tur·ing /'süch-(&-)ri[ng]/
: to unite, close, or secure with sutures <suture a wound>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

suture su·ture (s&oomacr;'chər)
n.

  1. The line of junction or an immovable joint between two bones, especially of the skull.

  2. The process of joining two surfaces or edges together along a line by or as if by sewing.

  3. The surgical method used to close a wound or join tissues.

  4. The fine thread or other material used surgically to close a wound or join tissues.

  5. The line so formed.

v. su·tured, su·tur·ing, su·tures
To join by means of sutures or a suture.
su'tur·al adj.

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