suture
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- A suture is a seam formed by sewing two edges together, especially to join pieces of skin in surgically treating a wound.
- A suture is the thread used to sew or stitch two edges together.
- (geology) A suture is an area where separate terrane join together along a major fault.
- (botany) The seam at the union of two margins in a plant.
Verb
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- (transitive) If you are suturing something, you are sewing up or joining it by means of a suture.