suture
IPA: sˈutʃɝ
noun
- A seam formed by sewing two edges together, especially to join pieces of skin in surgically treating a wound.
- Thread used to sew or stitch two edges (especially of skin) together.
- (geology) An area where separate terrane join together along a major fault.
- (anatomy) A type of fibrous joint bound together by Sharpey's fibres which only occurs in the skull.
- (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.
- (botany) The seam at the union of two margins in a plant.
- (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.
verb
- (transitive, also figurative) To sew up or join by means of a suture.
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Examples of "suture" in Sentences
- The doctor pointed at the suture.
- The suture is irregularly undulating.
- The bones meet at the zygomaticosphenoid suture.
- The sutures are removed four days after the procedure.
- The sutures are grossly oversized for the purpose intended.
- The cartilage and bone are reshaped, and the incisions are sutured closed.
- Its lateral edge corresponds with the remains of the petrosquamous suture.
- The artery is then sutured to the surface of the brain and the bone replaced.
- These spines can be found at the suture and at the periphery of the shoulder.
- The lambdoidal suture articulates with the occipital bone and parietal bones.