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suture

/ suture /

noun/verb

noun Sense 1

thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together

Type of:

thread yarn

noun Sense 2

a seam used in surgery

Type of:

seam

noun Sense 3

an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull)

Type of:

joint articulation articulatio

Kinds of:

coronal suture sutura coronalis frontal suture sutura frontalis intermaxillary suture

verb Sense 4

join with a suture

"suture the wound after surgery"

Type of:

seam

Derived:

surgical seam suturing

Usage Patterns:

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