'Suture' definitions:

Definition of 'suture'

From: WordNet
noun
An immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull) [syn: suture, sutura, fibrous joint]
noun
A seam used in surgery [syn: suture, surgical seam]
noun
Thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together
verb
Join with a suture; "suture the wound after surgery"

Definition of 'Suture'

From: GCIDE
  • Suture \Su"ture\, n. [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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Surg.) (a) The uniting of the parts of a wound by stitching. (b) The stitch by which the parts are united. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Anat.) 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Zool.) (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. [1913 Webster]
  • Glover's suture, Harmonic suture, etc. See under Glover, Harmonic, etc. [1913 Webster]