"suture" meaning in English

See suture in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈsuː.tjə(r)/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-suture.wav [UK] Forms: suture [singular], sutures [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A suture is a seam formed by sewing two edges together, especially to join pieces of skin in surgically treating a wound.
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  2. A suture is the thread used to sew or stitch two edges together.
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  3. A suture is an area where separate terrane join together along a major fault.
    Sense id: simple-suture-en-noun-IShQqDwn Categories (other): Geology
  4. The seam at the union of two margins in a plant.
    Sense id: simple-suture-en-noun-fzymnWjI Categories (other): Botany

Verb

IPA: /ˈsuː.tjə(r)/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-suture.wav [UK] Forms: suture [canonical], sutures [third-person, singular], sutured [past], sutured [past, participle], suturing [present, participle]
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  1. If you are suturing something, you are sewing up or joining it by means of a suture.
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