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Definition of Suture
1. Verb. Join with a suture. "Suture the wound after surgery"
2. Noun. An immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull).
Exact synonyms: Fibrous Joint, Sutura
Specialized synonyms: Coronal Suture, Sutura Coronalis, Frontal Suture, Sutura Frontalis, Intermaxillary Suture, Sutura Intermaxillaris, Internasal Suture, Sutura Internasalis, Lamboid Suture, Sutura Lamboidea, Occipitomastoid Suture, Parietomastoid Suture, Interparietal Suture, Sagittal Suture, Sutura Sagittalis
Generic synonyms: Articulatio, Articulation, Joint
Specialized synonyms: Coronal Suture, Sutura Coronalis, Frontal Suture, Sutura Frontalis, Intermaxillary Suture, Sutura Intermaxillaris, Internasal Suture, Sutura Internasalis, Lamboid Suture, Sutura Lamboidea, Occipitomastoid Suture, Parietomastoid Suture, Interparietal Suture, Sagittal Suture, Sutura Sagittalis
Generic synonyms: Articulatio, Articulation, Joint
3. Noun. A seam used in surgery.
4. Noun. Thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together.
Definition of Suture
1. n. 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.
Definition of Suture
1. Noun. Seam formed by sewing two edges (especially of skin) together. ¹
2. Noun. Thread used to sew two edges (especially of skin) together; stitch. ¹
3. Noun. (geology) An area where separate terranes join together along a major fault. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) to sew up or join by means of a suture ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Suture
1. to unite by sewing [v -TURED, -TURING, -TURES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Suture
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