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 sutures2 a: a uniting of parts b: the seam or seamlike line along which two things or parts are sewed or united3 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