suture
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin sūtūra (“suture”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
suture (plural sutures)
- Seam formed by sewing two edges (especially of skin) together.
- Thread used to sew two edges (especially of skin) together; stitch.
- (geology) An area where separate terranes join together along a major fault.
- (anatomy) A type of fibrous joint bound together by Sharpey's fibres which only occurs in the skull.
Translations [edit]
seam
thread
Verb [edit]
suture (third-person singular simple present sutures, present participle suturing, simple past and past participle sutured)
- (transitive) to sew up or join by means of a suture
Translations [edit]
to sew up or join by means of a suture
Anagrams [edit]
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin sūtūra (“suture”).
Noun [edit]
suture f (plural sutures)
Verb [edit]
suture
- first-person singular present indicative of suturer
- third-person singular present indicative of suturer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of suturer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of suturer
- second-person singular imperative of suturer
Anagrams [edit]
Italian [edit]
Noun [edit]
suture f
- Plural form of sutura
Spanish [edit]
Verb [edit]
suture (infinitive suturar)
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- English terms derived from Latin
- English nouns
- en:Geology
- en:Anatomy
- English verbs
- French terms derived from Latin
- French nouns
- French feminine nouns
- French countable nouns
- fr:Surgery
- French verb forms
- Italian plurals
- Spanish verb forms
- Spanish verb imperative forms
- Spanish verb singular forms
- Spanish verb second-person forms
- Spanish verb formal forms
- Spanish forms of verbs ending in -ar
- Spanish verb subjunctive forms
- Spanish verb first-person forms
- Spanish verb present forms
- Spanish verb third-person forms
