| 单词 | suture |
| 释义 | Word Frequency suture(ˈsuːtʃə) noun 1. surgery a. catgut, silk thread, or wire used to stitch together two bodily surfaces b. the surgical seam formed after joining two surfaces Also called: seam2. anatomy a type of immovable joint, esp between the bones of the skull (cranial suture) 3. a seam or joining, as in sewing 4. zoology a line of junction in a mollusc shell, esp the line between adjacent chambers of a nautiloid shell 5. botany a line marking the point of dehiscence in a seed pod or capsule verb 6. (transitive) surgery to join (the edges of a wound, etc) by means of sutures Derived forms sutural (ˈsutural) adjective suturally (ˈsuturally) adverb Word origin C16: from Latin sūtūra, from suere to sew |
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