Main Entry: ¹su·ture

Pronunciation: \ˈsü-chər\

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin sutura seam, suture, from sutus, past participle of suere to sew — more at sew

Date: 15th century

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