suture
(noun) thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together
suture, surgical seam
(noun) a seam used in surgery
suture, sutura, fibrous joint
(noun) an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull)
suture
(verb) join with a suture; “suture the wound after surgery”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
suture (third-person singular simple present sutures, present participle suturing, simple past and past participle sutured)
(transitive) To sew up or join by means of a suture.
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Source: Wiktionary
Su"ture, n. Etym: [L. sutura, fr. suere, sutum, to sew or stitch: cf. F. suture. See Sew to unite with thread.]
1. 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.
2. (Surg.) (a) The uniting of the parts of a wound by stitching. (b) The stitch by which the parts are united.
3. (Anat.)
Definition: The line of union, or seam, in an immovable articulation, like those between the bones of the skull; also, such an articulation itself; synarthrosis. See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic.
4. (Bot.) (a) The line, or seam, formed by the union of two margins in any part of a plant; as, the ventral suture of a legume. (b) A line resembling a seam; as, the dorsal suture of a legume, which really corresponds to a midrib.
5. (Zoöl.) (a) The line at which the elytra of a beetle meet and are sometimes confluent. (b) A seam, or impressed line, as between the segments of a crustacean, or between the whorls of a univalve shell. Glover's suture, Harmonic suture, etc. See under Glover, Harmonic, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 April 2024
(verb) treat carefully; “He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoon”; “He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly”
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