2syllables
suture
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Definitions ofsuture
1noun
- A seam formed by sewing two edges together, especially to join pieces of skin in surgically treating a wound.
- Thread used to sew or stitch two edges (especially of skin) together.
- An area where separate terrane join together along a major fault.
- A type of fibrous joint bound together by Sharpey's fibres which only occurs in the skull.
- 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.
- The seam at the union of two margins in a plant.
1verb
- To sew up or join by means of a suture.
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