| 单词 | suture |
| 释义 | suture (suːtʃəʳ) Word forms: plural sutures countable noun A suture is a stitch made to join together the open parts of a wound, especially one made after a patient has been operated on. [medicine]suture in British English (ˈsuːtʃə) noun 1. surgery a. catgut, silk thread, or wire used to stitch together two bodily surfaces b. the surgical seam formed after joining two surfaces Also called: seam2. anatomy a type of immovable joint, esp between the bones of the skull (cranial suture) 3. a seam or joining, as in sewing 4. zoology a line of junction in a mollusc shell, esp the line between adjacent chambers of a nautiloid shell 5. botany a line marking the point of dehiscence in a seed pod or capsule verb 6. (transitive) surgery to join (the edges of a wound, etc) by means of sutures Derived forms sutural (ˈsutural) adjective suturally (ˈsuturally) adverb Word origin C16: from Latin sūtūra, from suere to sewsuture in American English (ˈsutʃər) noun 1. a. the act of joining together by or as by sewing b. the line along which such a joining is made 2. Anatomy the joining together, or the irregular line of junction, of certain vertebrate bones, esp. of the skull 3. Botany a. a seam formed when two parts unite b. a line of dehiscence along which a fruit, as a pod or capsule, splits 4. Surgery a. the act or method of joining together the two edges of a wound or incision by stitching or similar means b. any material, as gut, thread, wire, etc., so used c. a single loop or knot of such material made in suturing verb transitiveWord forms: ˈsutured or ˈsuturing 5. to join together with or as with sutures Derived forms sutural (ˈsutural) adjective Word origin L sutura < sutus, pp. of suere, to sewExamples of 'suture' in a sentence |
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