From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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2. (Surg.)
(a) The uniting of the parts of a wound by stitching.
(b) The stitch by which the parts are united.
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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}.
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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.
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5. (Zool.)
(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.
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{Glover's suture}, {Harmonic suture}, etc. See under
{Glover}, {Harmonic}, etc.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
suture
n 1: an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the
skull) [syn: {suture}, {sutura}, {fibrous joint}]
2: a seam used in surgery [syn: {suture}, {surgical seam}]
3: thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch
tissues together
v 1: join with a suture; "suture the wound after surgery"
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