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Suture

noun

An immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull). Synonyms: fibrous joint, sutura.

A seam used in surgery. Synonym: surgical seam.

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

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coronal suture

frontal suture

intermaxillary suture

internasal suture

interparietal suture

lamboid suture

occipitomastoid suture

parietomastoid suture

sagittal suture

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"Suture" Quotes from Famous Books

... howsoe'er remote The fiery dawn of that millennial future, That some fine day the rent in Ireland's coat Will be adjusted with a saving suture, And one fair rule suffice For lamb and lion, ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 15, 1914 • Various

... medicine for 1912 has just been awarded to Dr. Alexis Carrel, a Frenchman, of Lyon, now employed at the Rockefeller Institute of New York, for his entire work relating to the suture of vessels and the transplantation ...

— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 21 - The Recent Days (1910-1914) • Charles F. Horne, Editor

Words linked to "Suture" : articulatio, sutura intermaxillaris, yarn, sutura internasalis, sutura sagittalis, articulation, suturing, thread, sutura coronalis, catgut, gut, seam, sutura frontalis, joint, sutura lamboidea