Suture

Suture, literally meaning "seam", may refer to:

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Arts, entertainment, and media

Suture (album), a 2000 album by American Industrial rock band Chemlab
Suture (film), a 1993 film directed by Scott McGehee and David Siegel
Suture (band), an early 1990s band with Kathleen Hanna, Sharon Cheslow, and Doug Birdzell

Healthcare

Suture (anatomy), a rigid joint between hard parts of animals
- Suture (joint), concerning the major joints in the bones of the cranium
- Ammonitic suture, the intersection of the septum with the outer shell in Ammonites
- Facial suture (trilobite), divisions in the cephalon (head) of most trilobites, along which the exoskeleton splits during molting
Surgical suture, a stitch used by doctors and surgeons to hold tissue together

Science

Suture (geology), a major fault through an orogen or mountain range
Suture, a seam in a fruit capsule

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