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Definitions for Suture

[1] 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.
[2] Anatomy . the line of junction of two bones, especially of the skull, in an immovable articulation. the articulation itself.
[3] Zoology , Botany . 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.
[4] a seam as formed in sewing; a line of junction between two parts.
[5] a sewing together or a joining as by sewing.
[6] to unite by or as by a suture.
[7] surgery catgut, silk thread, or wire used to stitch together two bodily surfaces the surgical seam formed after joining two surfaces Also called: seam
[8] anatomy a type of immovable joint, esp between the bones of the skull (cranial suture )
[9] a seam or joining, as in sewing
[10] zoology a line of junction in a mollusc shell, esp the line between adjacent chambers of a nautiloid shell
[11] botany a line marking the point of dehiscence in a seed pod or capsule
[12] (tr) surgery to join (the edges of a wound, etc) by means of sutures

Words related to Suture

stitch, joint, seam, sew, line

Words nearby Suture

sutton-in-ashfield, suttung, sutura, sutural bone, sutural ligament, suture, suturectomy, suu kyi, suum cuique, suv, suva

Origin of Suture

1535–45; < Latin sūtūra seam, suture, equivalent to sūt(us ) (past participle of suere to sew1) + -ūra -ure

Other words from Suture

su·tur·al , adjective
su·tur·al·ly , adverb
pre·su·tur·al , adjective
un·su·tured , adjective
su′ tur•al adj.

Word origin for Suture

C16: from Latin sūtūra, from suere to sew

Synonyms for Suture

stitch, joint, seam