suture

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sūtūra (“suture”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsuː.tjə(ɹ)/, /ˈsuː.tʃə(ɹ)/

Noun

(1,2) Photo of 8 sutures

(4) Cranial Sutures

suture (plural sutures)

1. A seam formed by sewing two edges (especially of skin) together.
2. Thread used to sew two edges (especially of skin) together; stitch.
3. (geology) An area where separate terrane join together along a major fault.
4. (anatomy) A type of fibrous joint bound together by Sharpey's fibres which only occurs in the skull.
5. (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.

Verb

suture (third-person singular simple present sutures, present participle suturing, simple past and past participle sutured)

1. (transitive) To sew up or join by means of a suture.

Anagrams

• uterus

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sūtūra (“suture”).

Noun

suture f (plural sutures)

1. (surgery) suture; stitch

Verb

suture

1. first-person singular present indicative of suturer
2. third-person singular present indicative of suturer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of suturer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of suturer
5. second-person singular imperative of suturer

Further reading

• “suture” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• tueurs, utérus

Noun

suture f

1. plural of sutura

Verb

suture

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of suturar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of suturar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of suturar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of suturar.