What does "suture" mean?
A seam formed by sewing two edges together, especially to join pieces of skin in surgically treating a wound.
Suture
/ˈsu.t͡ʃɚ/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A seam formed by sewing two edges together, especially to join pieces of skin in surgically treating a wound.
- Grammar: suture is listed as noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: fibrous joint, animal fiber, ankle, articulation.
- Useful contrasts: detach, loose edge, mobile joint.
- Usage evidence: The surgeon's suture technique minimizes scarring.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A seam formed by sewing two edges together, especially to join pieces of skin in surgically treating a wound.
"Although the sutures are difficult to trace, the supraoccipital contacts the parietal anteriorly at a tight interdigitated suture, and contacts the ophistotic posterolaterally at a straight suture."
- 2 thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together wordnet
- 3 Thread used to sew or stitch two edges (especially of skin) together.
- 4 a seam used in surgery wordnet
- 5 An area where separate terrane join together along a major fault.
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- 6 an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull) wordnet
- 7 A type of fibrous joint bound together by Sharpey's fibres which only occurs in the skull.
- 8 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.
- 9 The seam at the union of two margins in a plant.
"It is also generally marked above by flexuose anastomosing black, indented lines, whence it appears as if insculpt with rivulose sutures."
- 10 The procedure by which a subject comes to be identified with its own representation, as in the identification of the speaker with the sign “I” within a certain discourse; (by extension) any process by which the content of something is determined or supplied from outside itself. figuratively
"The suture of science and philosophy constitutes an identification of philosophical thought and scientific objectivity that is unfortunately typical of contemporary so-called ‘analytic’ philosophy. […] Yet, the over-identification of philosophical tasks with science itself signifies a veritable retreat from philosophy itself."
Verb
- 1 To sew up or join by means of a suture. also, figuratively, transitive
- 2 join with a suture wordnet
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"The surgeon's suture technique minimizes scarring."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "suture"?
Common synonyms include: fibrous joint, animal fiber, ankle, articulation, artificial fiber, bind.
How do you use "suture" in a sentence?
The surgeon's suture technique minimizes scarring.
How do you pronounce "suture"?
Pronounced /ˈsu.t͡ʃɚ/.
Etymology
From Middle English suture, from Latin sūtūra (“suture”), from suere (“sew, join or tack together”) + -tūra (forms action nouns).