suture
pronunciation
How to pronounce suture in British English:
UK [ˈsu:tʃə(r)]
How to pronounce suture in American English:
US [ˈsutʃɚ]
-
- Noun:
- an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull)
- a seam used in surgery
- thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together
-
- Verb:
- join with a suture
Word Origin
- suture
- suture: see sew
- suture (n.)
- early 15c., "surgical stitching of a wound, etc.," from Latin sutura "a seam, a sewing together," from sutus, past participle of suere "to sew" (see sew). Meaning "a seam, a line of joining or closure" is from 1570s.
- suture (v.)
- 1777, from suture (n.). Related: Sutured; suturing.
Example
- 1. In the next room , a doctor is using a thin , folded prayer rug to teach five women how to suture deep wounds .
- 2. Adjustable suture line ; glaucoma ; trabeculectomy ; mitomycin c.
- 3. Effect of early viscerocranial suture defect on the orbit .
- 4. Get me a suture kit .
- 5. The image above is william didusch 's drawing of w. m. firor 's operation to suture two dogs together at the neck , connecting the jugular vein of one to the carotid artery of the other , and vice versa .