noun
suture
SOO-chuh
noun
1
A stitch, or the thread used to make it, that closes a wound or surgical cut.
"The surgeon closed the incision with a row of neat sutures."
"The nurse removed the sutures once the cut had healed."
2
A seam-like line where two parts join, such as the joints between plates of the skull or the segments of a shell.
"The sutures of the skull fuse together as a baby grows."
verb
1
To close a wound by stitching it.
"The vet sutured the dog's leg after removing the splinter."
How to Use Suture
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA stitch that closes a cut, or the seam-like line it leaves — also used more broadly for any place where two things join like a seam.
Common pairings
remove the sutures
suture a wound
dissolvable sutures
Word Forms
sutured past tense, sutures plural, sutures singular
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Etymology
From Latin sutura, "a seam," from suere, "to sew."