English dictionary
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English noun: suture | |||
| 1. | suture (body) an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull) | ||
| Synonyms | fibrous joint, sutura | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | articulatio, articulation, joint | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | coronal suture, frontal suture, intermaxillary suture, internasal suture, interparietal suture, lamboid suture, occipitomastoid suture, parietomastoid suture, sagittal suture, sutura coronalis, sutura frontalis, sutura intermaxillaris, sutura internasalis, sutura lamboidea, sutura sagittalis | ||
| 2. | suture (artifact) a seam used in surgery | ||
| Synonyms | surgical seam | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | seam | ||
| 3. | suture (artifact) thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | thread, yarn | ||
| Substance holonym | catgut, gut | ||
English verb: suture | |||
| 1. | suture (contact) join with a suture | ||
| Samples | Suture the wound after surgery. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | seam | ||
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