SUTURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does suture mean? 

• SUTURE (noun)
  The noun SUTURE has 3 senses:

1. an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull)

2. a seam used in surgery

3. thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together

  Familiarity information: SUTURE used as a noun is uncommon.

• SUTURE (verb)
  The verb SUTURE has 1 sense:

1. join with a suture

  Familiarity information: SUTURE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUTURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

fibrous joint; sutura; suture

Hypernyms ("suture" is a kind of...):

articulatio; articulation; joint ((anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "suture"):

coronal suture; sutura coronalis (the suture between the parietal and frontal bones of the skull)

frontal suture; sutura frontalis (the suture between two halves of the frontal bone (usually obliterated by the age of 6))

intermaxillary suture; sutura intermaxillaris (the suture between the two maxillae of the upper jawbone)

internasal suture; sutura internasalis (the suture between the two nasal bones)

lamboid suture; sutura lamboidea (the suture between the occipital and parietal bones)

occipitomastoid suture (the suture between the occipital and the temporal bones; a continuation of the lamboid suture)

parietomastoid suture (the suture between the parietal and the temporal bones)

interparietal suture; sagittal suture; sutura sagittalis (the suture uniting the two parietal bones)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A seam used in surgery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

surgical seam; suture

Hypernyms ("suture" is a kind of...):

seam (joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces)

Derivation:

suture (join with a suture)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("suture" is a kind of...):

thread; yarn (a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving)

Meronyms (substance of "suture"):

catgut; gut (a strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in surgery)

Derivation:

suture (join with a suture)

• SUTURE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they suture    ... he / she / it sutures   
Past simple: sutured   
Past participle: sutured   
-ing form: suturing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Join with a suture

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

suture the wound after surgery

Hypernyms (to "suture" is one way to...):

seam (put together with a seam)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

suture (thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together)

suture (a seam used in surgery)

suturing (surgical joining of two surfaces)

 Context examples 

Encouraged by these results, the researchers again increased mTOR activity but then forced mice to use the treated eye during visual stimulation by suturing shut the good eye.

(Visual activity regenerates neural connections between eye and brain, NIH)

The point of junction of the sagittal and lambdoid sutures of the skull.

(Lambda Sutural Junction, NCI Thesaurus)

The four gaps in the skull of a neonate or fetus where the sutures converge.

(Fontanelle, NCI Thesaurus)

A congenital disorder characterized by earlier than normal closure of some or all sutures of the infant skull.

(Craniosynostosis, NCI Thesaurus)

For the experimental and sham group, they sutured the device on the frogs immediately after limb amputation.

(Scientists Help Frogs to Regenerate Their Limbs with Bioreactor Device, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Typical sutures like staples and stitches often lead to scarring and create holes in the skin that could increase the chance of infection after surgery.

(New studies may bring slug-made glues closer to use in medicine, Wikinews)

An internal radiation treatment technique in which radioactive seeds are embedded in suture material and directly affixed to target cancerous tissue.

(Double Strand Brachytherapy, NCI Thesaurus)