suture

Meaning

Noun

1. A seam formed by sewing two edges together, especially to join pieces of skin in surgically treating a wound.
2. Thread used to sew or stitch two edges (especially of skin) together.
3. An area where separate terrane join together along a major fault.
4. A type of fibrous joint bound together by Sharpey's fibres which only occurs in the skull.
5. 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.
6. The seam at the union of two margins in a plant.
7. 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

To sew up or join by means of a suture.

Synonyms

seam

stitch

sutura

joint

sew

fibrous joint

surgical seam

raphe

stitching

quilt

piece

run up

sewing thread

slit

slot

suturing

tailor

crack

rhaphe

linear slit

surgical stitching

basting

surgical suture

catgut

caulking

central

chance

🎲

commissure

darn

juncture

meeting

opening

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈs(j)uː.tʃə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: suture

In summary

From Middle English suture, from Latin sūtūra (“suture”), from suere (“sew, join or tack together”) + -tūra (forms action nouns).