suture

1. n. The act of sewing; also, the line along which two things or parts are sewed together, or are united so as to form a seam, or that which resembles a seam. Source: opted

2. n. The uniting of the parts of a wound by stitching. Source: opted

3. n. The stitch by which the parts are united. Source: opted

4. n. The line of union, or seam, in an immovable articulation, like those between the bones of the skull; also, such an articulation itself; synarthrosis. See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic. Source: opted

5. n. The line, or seam, formed by the union of two margins in any part of a plant; as, the ventral suture of a legume. Source: opted

6. n. A line resembling a seam; as, the dorsal suture of a legume, which really corresponds to a midrib. Source: opted

7. n. The line at which the elytra of a beetle meet and are sometimes confluent. Source: opted

8. n. A seam, or impressed line, as between the segments of a crustacean, or between the whorls of a univalve shell. Source: opted

9. n. an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull) Source: wordnet

10. n. a seam used in surgery Source: wordnet

11. n. thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together Source: wordnet

12. v. join with a suture Source: wordnet

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