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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024su•ture /ˈsutʃɚ/USA pronunciation n., v., -tured, -tur•ing. n. [countable] - Surgerya joining of the edges of a wound or the like by stitching;
one of the stitches or fastenings used to do this.
v. [~ + object] - to unite by or as if by a suture:to suture the edges of the wound together.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024su•ture (so̅o̅′chər),USA pronunciation n., v., -tured, -tur•ing. n. - Surgery
- a joining of the lips or edges of a wound or the like by stitching or some similar process.
- a particular method of doing this.
- one of the stitches or fastenings employed.
- Anatomy
- the line of junction of two bones, esp. of the skull, in an immovable articulation.
- the articulation itself.
- Biology, Zoology[Zool., Bot.]the junction or line of junction of contiguous parts, as the line of closure between the valves of a bivalve shell, a seam where carpels of a pericarp join, etc.
- a seam as formed in sewing;
a line of junction between two parts. - a sewing together or a joining as by sewing.
v.t. - to unite by or as by a suture.
- Latin sūtūra seam, suture, equivalent. to sūt(us) (past participle of suere to sew1) + -ūra -ure
- 1535–45
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: suture /ˈsuːtʃə/ n - catgut, silk thread, or wire used to stitch together two bodily surfaces
- the surgical seam formed after joining two surfaces
- a type of immovable joint, esp between the bones of the skull (cranial suture)
- a seam or joining, as in sewing
- a line of junction in a mollusc shell, esp the line between adjacent chambers of a nautiloid shell
vb - (transitive) to join (the edges of a wound, etc) by means of sutures
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin sūtūra, from suere to sewˈsutural adj |