suture

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Surg.) (a) The uniting of the parts of a wound by stitching. (b) The stitch by which the parts are united. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Glover's suture,
Harmonic suture, etc. See under Glover, Harmonic, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]