SUTURING
suturing
(noun) surgical joining of two surfaces
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
suturing
present participle of suture
Source: Wiktionary
SUTURE
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