Definition of suture
(Entry 1 of 2)
1a : 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
2a : a uniting of parts
b : 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 articulation
b : a furrow at the junction of adjacent bodily parts especially : a line of dehiscence (as on a fruit)
suture
verbDefinition of suture (Entry 2 of 2)
: to unite, close, or secure with sutures suture a wound
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The first known use of suture was in the 15th century
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