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suture

1. Surgery

a. catgut, silk thread, or wire used to stitch together two bodily surfaces

b. the surgical seam formed after joining two surfaces

2. Anatomy a type of immovable joint, esp between the bones of the skull (cranial suture)

3. Zoology a line of junction in a mollusc shell, esp the line between adjacent chambers of a nautiloid shell

4. Botany a line marking the point of dehiscence in a seed pod or capsule

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suture [′sü·chər]

(biology)

A distinguishable line of union between two closely united parts.

(medicine)

A fine thread used to close a wound or surgical incision.