First Known Use: 15th century
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1suture
noun su·ture \ˈsü-chər\
medical : a stitch or a series of stitches used to close a cut or wound
Full Definition of SUTURE
1
a : a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body; also : a stitch made with a suture b : the act or process of sewing with sutures
2
a : a uniting of parts b : the seam or seamlike line along which two things or parts are sewed or united
3
a : the line of union in an immovable articulation (as between the bones of the skull); also : such an articulation b : a furrow at the junction of adjacent bodily parts; especially : a line of dehiscence (as on a fruit)
— su·tur·al \ˈsü-chə-rəl, ˈsüch-rəl\ adjective
— su·tur·al·ly \-rə-lē\ adverb
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Origin of SUTURE
Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin sutura seam, suture, from sutus, past participle of suere to sew — more at sew
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2suture
transitive verb
medical : to sew together (a cut, wound, etc.) : to close (something) with a suture
su·turedsu·tur·ing \ˈsü-chə-riŋ, ˈsüch-riŋ\
Full Definition of SUTURE
: to unite, close, or secure with sutures <suture a wound>
First Known Use of SUTURE
1777
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