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Webster 1913 Edition

Suture

Su′ture

,
Noun.
[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.
2.
(Surg.)
(a)
The uniting of the parts of a wound by stitching.
(b)
The stitch by which the parts are united.
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
.
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
.
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.
Glover’s suture
,
Harmonic suture
,
etc. See under
Glover
,
Harmonic
, etc.

Webster 1828 Edition

Suture

SU'TURE

,
Noun.
[L. sutura, from suo, to sew.]
1.
Literally, a sewing; hence, the uniting of the parts of a wound by stitching.
2.
The seam or joint which unites the bones of the skull; or the peculiar articulation or connection of those bones; as the coronal suture; the sagittal suture.

Definition 2024

suture

suture

See also: suturé

English

Noun

(1,2) Photo of 8 sutures
(4) Cranial Sutures

suture ‎(plural sutures)

  1. A seam formed by sewing two edges (especially of skin) together.
  2. Thread used to sew two edges (especially of skin) together; stitch.
  3. (geology) An area where separate terranes join together along a major fault.
  4. (anatomy) A type of fibrous joint bound together by Sharpey's fibres which only occurs in the skull.
  5. (anatomy) A seam or line, such as that between the segments of a crustacean, between the whorls of a univalve shell, or where the elytra of a beetle meet.

Translations

Verb

suture ‎(third-person singular simple present sutures, present participle suturing, simple past and past participle sutured)

  1. (transitive) to sew up or join by means of a suture

Translations

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Latin sūtūra ‎(“suture”).

Noun

suture f ‎(plural sutures)

  1. (surgery) suture; stitch

Verb

suture

  1. first-person singular present indicative of suturer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of suturer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of suturer
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of suturer
  5. second-person singular imperative of suturer

Anagrams

Italian

Noun

suture f

  1. plural of sutura

Spanish

Verb

suture

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of suturar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of suturar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of suturar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of suturar.

Etymology

From Latin sūtūra ‎(“suture”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsuː.tjə(ɹ)/, /ˈsuː.tʃə(ɹ)/

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