"suture" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈs(j)uː.tʃə/ [UK], /ˈs(j)uː.tjʊə/ [UK], /ˈsu.t͡ʃɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-suture.wav Forms: sutures [plural]
Rhymes: -uːtʃə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English suture, from Latin sūtūra (“suture”), from suere (“sew, join or tack together”) + -tūra (forms action nouns). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*syuh₁-}}, {{inh|en|enm|suture}} Middle English suture, {{der|en|la|sūtūra||suture}} Latin sūtūra (“suture”), {{af|la|suere|-tūra|nocat=1|pos2=forms action nouns|t1=sew, join or tack together}} suere (“sew, join or tack together”) + -tūra (forms action nouns) Head templates: {{en-noun}} suture (plural sutures)
  1. A seam formed by sewing two edges together, especially to join pieces of skin in surgically treating a wound. Translations (seam): naat (Afrikaans), steek (note: of skin) (Afrikaans), ῥαφή (rhaphḗ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), шев (šev) [masculine] (Bulgarian), sutura [feminine] (Catalan), 縫合 (Chinese Mandarin), 缝合 (fénghé) (Chinese Mandarin), steh [masculine] (Czech), šev [masculine] (Czech), naad [masculine] (Dutch), hechting (note: of skin) [feminine] (Dutch), sársamanseyming [feminine] (Faroese), sauma (Finnish), sutuura (Finnish), suture [feminine] (French), Naht [feminine] (German), Wundnaht [feminine] (German), συρραφή (syrrafí) (Greek), ραφή (rafí) [feminine] (Greek), varrat (Hungarian), suto (Ido), jahitan (Indonesian), sutura [feminine] (Italian), 縫合 (hōgō) (alt: ほうごう) (Japanese), 縫い目 (nuime) (alt: ぬいめ) (Japanese), sūtūra [feminine] (Latin), siūlė̃ [feminine] (Lithuanian), шев (šev) [masculine] (Macedonian), whaaley [masculine] (Manx), hiki (Maori), tuinga (Maori), دیكیش (dikiş) (Ottoman Turkish), szew [masculine] (Polish), sutura [feminine] (Portuguese), ponto [masculine] (Portuguese), cusătură [feminine] (Romanian), sutură [feminine] (Romanian), шов (šov) [masculine] (Russian), sutura [feminine] (Spanish), sutur [common-gender] (Swedish), шов (šov) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-suture-en-noun-1oeb7IJ~ Disambiguation of 'seam': 35 4 4 3 22 26 4
  2. Thread used to sew or stitch two edges (especially of skin) together. Translations (thread): ῥάμμα (rhámma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), хирургически конец (hirurgičeski konec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), Faden [masculine] (German), ράμμα (rámma) [neuter] (Greek), varrat (Hungarian), siūlas [masculine] (Lithuanian), ко́нец (kónec) [masculine] (Macedonian), whaaley [masculine] (Manx), sutură [feminine] (Romanian), шов (šov) [masculine] (Russian), sutura [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-suture-en-noun-bg7TJckt Disambiguation of 'thread': 0 100 0 0 0 0 0
  3. (geology) An area where separate terrane join together along a major fault. Categories (topical): Geology
    Sense id: en-suture-en-noun-CYBa5ZL2 Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
  4. (anatomy) A type of fibrous joint bound together by Sharpey's fibres which only occurs in the skull. Categories (topical): Anatomy, Medical equipment, Plant anatomy, Surgery Translations (type of fibrous joint which only occurs in the skull): lebeční šev [masculine] (Czech), Knochennaht [feminine] (German), Sutur [feminine] (German), sutura (Indonesian)
    Sense id: en-suture-en-noun-3bgUI~I8 Disambiguation of Medical equipment: 4 17 4 38 12 7 11 7 Disambiguation of Plant anatomy: 1 6 2 48 19 12 5 6 Disambiguation of Surgery: 4 4 4 48 14 8 12 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 3 10 30 9 10 24 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 6 8 31 7 8 20 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 3 1 3 13 2 3 7 1 1 8 2 11 2 14 3 1 11 2 11 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 1 3 13 2 3 8 1 1 8 1 13 1 10 3 1 13 1 13 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 8 7 7 37 6 6 23 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 8 8 11 33 7 8 21 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 11 7 7 33 8 8 21 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 9 7 7 40 6 6 20 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 7 8 6 33 7 7 24 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 10 7 8 35 7 7 18 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 8 7 7 37 6 6 23 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 9 7 8 35 6 6 22 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 12 7 7 35 7 8 18 7 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 11 7 8 37 7 7 17 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 10 6 12 31 8 9 18 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 9 6 11 30 7 8 23 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 10 4 7 40 7 7 20 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 9 7 8 35 6 6 23 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 12 5 7 39 7 7 18 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 10 5 7 40 7 7 18 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 10 5 7 40 7 7 18 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 9 7 8 35 6 6 23 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 9 7 8 35 6 6 23 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 9 6 9 35 8 9 19 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 8 7 7 38 6 6 21 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 8 7 7 38 6 6 21 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 9 9 6 35 7 6 20 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 9 8 7 34 7 6 21 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 9 6 7 37 7 7 22 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 9 7 8 35 6 6 22 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 10 5 7 40 7 7 18 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 11 5 8 38 7 7 20 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 8 7 7 38 6 6 21 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 8 7 7 38 6 6 21 6 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'type of fibrous joint which only occurs in the skull': 5 2 3 71 2 4 11
  5. (anatomy) 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. Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-suture-en-noun-b1OHPvBo Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  6. (botany) The seam at the union of two margins in a plant. Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-suture-en-noun-fzymnWjI Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  7. (philosophy, figurative) 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. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Philosophy
    Sense id: en-suture-en-noun-fpWOHxar Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: coaptation suture, coronal suture, frontal suture, glover's suture, lambdoid suture, metopic suture, osteosuture, sagittal suture, sutural

Verb

IPA: /ˈs(j)uː.tʃə/ [UK], /ˈs(j)uː.tjʊə/ [UK], /ˈsu.t͡ʃɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-suture.wav Forms: sutures [present, singular, third-person], suturing [participle, present], sutured [participle, past], sutured [past]
Rhymes: -uːtʃə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English suture, from Latin sūtūra (“suture”), from suere (“sew, join or tack together”) + -tūra (forms action nouns). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*syuh₁-}}, {{inh|en|enm|suture}} Middle English suture, {{der|en|la|sūtūra||suture}} Latin sūtūra (“suture”), {{af|la|suere|-tūra|nocat=1|pos2=forms action nouns|t1=sew, join or tack together}} suere (“sew, join or tack together”) + -tūra (forms action nouns) Head templates: {{en-verb}} suture (third-person singular simple present sutures, present participle suturing, simple past and past participle sutured)
  1. (transitive, also figurative) To sew up or join by means of a suture. Tags: also, figuratively, transitive Translations (to sew up or join by means of a suture): зашивам (zašivam) (Bulgarian), hechten (Dutch), ommella (Finnish), suturoida (Finnish), suturer (French), nähen (German), vernähen (German), συρράφω (syrráfo) (Greek), susiūti (Lithuanian), ши́е (šíe) (Macedonian), whaal (Manx), сшива́ть (sšivátʹ) (Russian), suturar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-suture-en-verb-Mne6iaj2

Inflected forms

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          "code": "ru",
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "šov",
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "hirurgičeski konec",
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          "code": "el",
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          "roman": "kónec",
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      "args": {},
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To sew up or join by means of a suture."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sew up",
          "sew up"
        ],
        [
          "join",
          "join"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, also figurative) To sew up or join by means of a suture."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "also",
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈs(j)uː.tʃə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈs(j)uː.tjʊə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsu.t͡ʃɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːtʃə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zašivam",
      "sense": "to sew up or join by means of a suture",
      "word": "зашивам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to sew up or join by means of a suture",
      "word": "hechten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to sew up or join by means of a suture",
      "word": "ommella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to sew up or join by means of a suture",
      "word": "suturoida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to sew up or join by means of a suture",
      "word": "suturer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to sew up or join by means of a suture",
      "word": "nähen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to sew up or join by means of a suture",
      "word": "vernähen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "syrráfo",
      "sense": "to sew up or join by means of a suture",
      "word": "συρράφω"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "to sew up or join by means of a suture",
      "word": "susiūti"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "šíe",
      "sense": "to sew up or join by means of a suture",
      "word": "ши́е"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "to sew up or join by means of a suture",
      "word": "whaal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sšivátʹ",
      "sense": "to sew up or join by means of a suture",
      "word": "сшива́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to sew up or join by means of a suture",
      "word": "suturar"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "suture"
  ],
  "word": "suture"
}

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