suture

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin sūtūra (“suture”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈsuː.tjə(ɹ)/, /ˈsuː.tʃə(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /"su:.tj@(r)/, /"su:.tS@(r)/

Noun

Photo of 8 sutures

suture (plural sutures)

1. Seam formed by sewing two edges (especially of skin) together.
2. Thread used to sew two edges (especially of skin) together; stitch.

Translations

seam

Afrikaans: naat (af), nate (af) pl., steek (of skin) (af), steke (of skin) (af) pl. Dutch: naad m., hechting f. (of skin) Finnish: sauma (fi), sutuura (fi) French: suture (fr) f. German: Naht (de) f. Greek: συρραφή (el) (syrrafí), ραφή (el) (rafí) f.

Italian: sutura (it) f. Latin: sūtūra (la) f. Lithuanian: siūlė̃ (lt) f. Portuguese: sutura (pt) f., ponto (pt) m. Russian: шов (ru) m. Spanish: sutura (es) f.

thread

Greek: ράμμα (el) (rámma) n. Lithuanian: siūlas (lt) m.

Spanish: sutura (es) f.

Verb

suture (third-person singular simple present sutures, present participle suturing, simple past and past participle sutured)

1. (transitive) to sew up or join by means of a suture

Translations

to sew up or join by means of a suture

Dutch: hechten (nl) Finnish: ommella (fi), suturoida (fi) German: nähen, vernähen Greek: συρράφω (el) (syrráfo)

Lithuanian: susiūti (lt) Russian: сшивать (ru) Spanish: suturar (es)

Anagrams

• uterus

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French

Etymology

From Latin sūtūra (“suture”).

Noun

suture f. (plural sutures)

1. (surgery) suture; stitch

Anagrams

• tueurs
• utérus

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Italian

Noun

suture f.

1. Plural form of sutura.

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Spanish

Verb

suture (infinitive suturar)

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of suturar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of suturar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of suturar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of suturar.