2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Suture  \Su"ture\,  n.  [L.  sutura,  fr  suere,  sutum,  to  sew  or 
  stitch:  cf  F.  suture.  See  {Sew}  to  unite  with  thread.] 
  1.  The  act  of  sewing;  also  the  line  along  which  two  things 
  or  parts  are  sewed  together,  or  are  united  so  as  to  form  a 
  seam,  or  that  which  resembles  a  seam. 
 
  2.  (Surg.) 
  a  The  uniting  of  the  parts  of  a  wound  by  stitching. 
  b  The  stitch  by  which  the  parts  are  united. 
 
  3.  (Anat.)  The  line  of  union,  or  seam,  in  an  immovable 
  articulation,  like  those  between  the  bones  of  the  skull; 
  also  such  an  articulation  itself  synarthrosis.  See 
  {Harmonic  suture},  under  {Harmonic}. 
 
  4.  (Bot.) 
  a  The  line  or  seam,  formed  by  the  union  of  two  margins 
  in  any  part  of  a  plant;  as  the  ventral  suture  of  a 
  legume. 
  b  A  line  resembling  a  seam;  as  the  dorsal  suture  of  a 
  legume,  which  really  corresponds  to  a  midrib. 
 
  5.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  a  The  line  at  which  the  elytra  of  a  beetle  meet  and  are 
  sometimes  confluent. 
  b  A  seam,  or  impressed  line  as  between  the  segments  of 
  a  crustacean,  or  between  the  whorls  of  a  univalve 
  shell. 
 
  {Glover's  suture},  {Harmonic  suture},  etc  See  under 
  {Glover},  {Harmonic},  etc 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  suture 
  n  1:  an  immovable  fibrous  joint  (especially  between  the  bones  of 
  the  skull)  [syn:  {sutura}] 
  2:  a  seam  used  in  surgery  [syn:  {surgical  seam}] 
  3:  thread  of  catgut  or  silk  or  wire  used  by  surgeons  to  stitch 
  tissues  together 
  v  :  join  with  a  suture,  as  of  a  wound  in  surgery 

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