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   suture

   /ˈs(j)uːtʃə/

   noun

   • 1. a stitch or row of stitches holding together the edges of a wound or surgical incision: "sutures are removed on the 5th to 7th day after the operation"
   • ▪ a thread or wire used for suturing a wound or incision.
   • ▪ the action of stitching together the edges of a wound or incision.
   • 2. an immovable junction between two bones, such as those of the skull.
   • ▪ a junction between the sclerites of an insect's body.
   • ▪ a line of junction formed by two crustal plates which have collided.

   verb

   • 1. stitch up (a wound or incision) with a suture: "the small incision was sutured"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from French, or from Latin sutura, from suere ‘sew’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. sutural adjective

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