suture
See also: suturé
English
Etymology
From Middle English suture, from Latin sūtūra (“suture”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsuː.tjə(ɹ)/, /ˈsuː.tʃə(ɹ)/
Noun

(1,2) Photo of 8 sutures

(4) Cranial Sutures
suture (plural sutures)
- A seam formed by sewing two edges together, especially to join pieces of skin in surgically treating a wound.
- Thread used to sew or stitch two edges (especially of skin) together.
- (geology) An area where separate terrane join together along a major fault.
- (anatomy) A type of fibrous joint bound together by Sharpey's fibres which only occurs in the skull.
- (anatomy) A seam or line, such as that between the segments of a crustacean, between the whorls of a univalve shell, or where the elytra of a beetle meet.
- (botany) The seam at the union of two margins in a plant.
Translations
Verb
suture (third-person singular simple present sutures, present participle suturing, simple past and past participle sutured)
Translations
French
Verb
suture
Further reading
- “suture” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Middle English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /siu̯ˈtiu̯r(ə)/, /ˈsiu̯tiu̯r(ə)/
Noun
suture (plural suturez)
Descendants
- English: suture
References
- “sūtūre (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-17.
Spanish
Verb
suture
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