'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]
Synonyms of 'suture'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- animal fiber,
- ankle,
- articulation,
- artificial fiber,
- boundary,
- butt,
- capillament,
- cervix,
- cilium,
- cirrus,
- clinch,
- closure,
- cobweb,
- connecting link,
- connecting rod,
- connection,
- coupling,
- denier,
- dovetail,
- elbow,
- embrace,
- fancywork,
- fiber,
- fibrilla,
- filament,
- filamentule,
- flagellum,
- garment making,
- gliding joint,
- gossamer,
- hair,
- hank,
- hinge,
- hinged joint,
- hip,
- interface,
- join,
- joining,
- joint,
- juncture,
- knee,
- knuckle,
- link,
- miter,
- mortise,
- neck,
- needlework,
- pivot,
- pivot joint,
- rabbet,
- scarf,
- seam,
- sewing,
- shoulder,
- skein,
- stitch,
- stitchery,
- stitching,
- strand,
- symphysis,
- tendril,
- thread,
- threadlet,
- tie rod,
- toggle,
- toggle joint,
- union,
- web,
- weld,
- wrist
Words containing 'Suture'
- Sutural,
- Suturally,
- Suturated,
- Sutured,
- suturing,
- Coronal suture,
- Glover's suture,
- Harmonic suture,
- Quilled suture,
- Sagittal suture,
- frontal suture,
- intermaxillary suture,
- internasal suture,
- interparietal suture,
- lamboid suture,
- occipitomastoid suture,
- parietomastoid suture,
- rabdoidal suture,
- sutural bone