Word
Suture
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
su-ture
Definition
- 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.
- n. - The uniting of the parts of a wound by stitching.
- n. - The stitch by which the parts are united.
- 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.
- 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.
- n. - A line resembling a seam; as, the dorsal suture of a
legume, which really corresponds to a midrib.
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