Definition of sutures Sutures
/suˈʧɚz/ - [sucherz] -
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What does sutures mean?
Wiktionary 
- sutures (Noun)
Plural of suture.
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| suture - an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull) | ||
| sutura, fibrous joint | ||
| articulatio, articulation, joint the act of joining things in such a way that motion is possible | ||
| coronal suture, sutura coronalis the suture between the parietal and frontal bones of the skull | ||
| frontal suture, sutura frontalis the suture between two halves of the frontal bone (usually obliterated by the age of 6) | ||
| intermaxillary suture, sutura intermaxillaris the suture between the two maxillae of the upper jawbone | ||
| internasal suture, sutura internasalis the suture between the two nasal bones | ||
| lamboid suture, sutura lamboidea the suture between the occipital and parietal bones | ||
| occipitomastoid suture the suture between the occipital and the temporal bones; a continuation of the lamboid suture | ||
| parietomastoid suture the suture between the parietal and the temporal bones | ||
| suture - thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together | ||
| yarn, thread a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving | ||
| suture - a seam used in surgery | ||
| surgical seam | ||
| seam joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces | ||
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| suture - join with a suture; "suture the wound after surgery" | ||
| seam put together with a seam; "seam a dress" | ||
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Wiktionary
- suture (Noun)
Seam formed by sewing two edges especially of skin together. - suture (Noun)
Thread used to sew two edges especially of skin together; stitch. - suture (Noun)
An area where separate terranes join together along a major fault. - suture (Noun)
A type of fibrous joint bound together by Sharpey's fibres which only occurs in the skull. - suture (Verb)
To sew up or join by means of a suture.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- suture (n.)
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. - suture (n.)
The uniting of the parts of a wound by stitching. - suture (n.)
The stitch by which the parts are united. - suture (n.)
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. - suture (n.)
The line, or seam, formed by the union of two margins in any part of a plant; as, the ventral suture of a legume. - suture (n.)
A line resembling a seam; as, the dorsal suture of a legume, which really corresponds to a midrib. - suture (n.)
The line at which the elytra of a beetle meet and are sometimes confluent. - suture (n.)
A seam, or impressed line, as between the segments of a crustacean, or between the whorls of a univalve shell.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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suture
Thread like material used in surgical procedures to close, ligate, or fasten tissues or structures.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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suture
sū′tūr, n. the mode of connection between the various bones of the cranium and face—serrated, when formed by the union of two edges of bone with projections and indentations fitting into one another—squamous, when formed by the overlapping of the bevelled edges of two contiguous bones: (surg.) the sewing up of a wound by one or other mode, so as to maintain the opposed surfaces in contact: (bot.) the seam at the union of two margins in a plant.—adj. Sū′tūral, relating to a suture.—adv. Sū′tūrally.—n. Sūtūrā′tion.—adj. Sū′tūred, having, or united by, sutures. [L. sutura—suĕre, to sew.]
