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Definition of suture
1a : a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body; also : a stitch made with a sutureb : the act or process of sewing with sutures
2a : a uniting of partsb : the seam or seamlike line along which two things or parts are sewed or united
3a : the line of union in an immovable articulation (as between the bones of the skull); also : such an articulationb : a furrow at the junction of adjacent bodily parts; especially : a line of dehiscence (as on a fruit)
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Recent Examples of suture from the Web
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The trio played together throughout high school, changing its name to The Sutures, then took a break to go to college.
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Team doctors would not have waited if repair with suture was needed, given the minimum of six months recovery.
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Aided by the technological advancement of suture materials, and similar to primary repair surgeries on knees and ankles in Europe, the elbow version has its origins around the year 2013.
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There are a series of sutures going from one part of the stomach to the bottom of the stomach all the way to the top.
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When the sutures dissolved, my father, who had a bleeding disorder, went into shock.
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He was transported to an outside hospital and released Sunday night after receiving sutures for the cut under his eye.
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Holger Hoock plucks at the sutures of the American Revolution in the Scars of Independence (Crown).
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Holger Hoock plucks at the sutures of the American Revolution in the Scars of Independence (Crown).
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Origin and Etymology 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
Other Anatomy Terms
Examples of suture in a Sentence
The surgeon sutured the incision.
the doctor cleaned, sutured, and bandaged the wound
First Known Use of suture
1777
SUTURE Defined for English Language Learners
suture
playDefinition of suture for English Language Learners
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medical : a stitch or a series of stitches used to close a cut or wound
suture
Definition of suture for English Language Learners
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medical : to sew together (a cut, wound, etc.) : to close (something) with a suture
Medical Dictionary
Medical Definition of suture
1a: a stitch made with a sutureb: a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living bodyc: the act or process of sewing with sutures
2a: the line of union in an immovable articulation (as between the bones of the skull); also : such an articulationb: a furrow at the junction of adjacent bodily parts
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