suture — meaning in English

English meaning

• seam noun The line where two pieces of fabric are stitched together.
• suture noun A stitch, or the thread used to make it, that closes a wound or surgical cut.

Senses

suture is used for these senses in English:

• seam A suture.
• suture (botany) The seam at the union of two margins in a plant.

seam — full definition

1. noun The line where two pieces of fabric are stitched together.
2. noun A thin layer of a mineral, such as coal, running through rock.
3. verb To join pieces together with a seam, or to mark with a line resembling one.

suture — full definition

1. noun A stitch, or the thread used to make it, that closes a wound or surgical cut.
2. noun A seam-like line where two parts join, such as the joints between plates of the skull or the segments of a shell.
3. verb To close a wound by stitching it.

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