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Webster 1913 Edition
Suture
Su′ture
,Noun.
1.
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.
2.
(Surg.)
(a)
The uniting of the parts of a wound by stitching.
(b)
The stitch by which the parts are united.
3.
(Anat.)
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
. 4.
(Bot.)
(a)
The line, or seam, formed by the union of two margins in any part of a plant;
as, the ventral
. suture
of a legume(b)
A line resembling a seam;
as, the dorsal
. suture
of a legume, which really corresponds to a midribWebster 1828 Edition
Suture
SU'TURE
,Noun.
1.
Literally, a sewing; hence, the uniting of the parts of a wound by stitching.2.
The seam or joint which unites the bones of the skull; or the peculiar articulation or connection of those bones; as the coronal suture; the sagittal suture.