| Suture (suture) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Su"ture |
| [L. sutura, fr.
suere, sutum, to sew or stitch: cf. F. suture.
See Sew to unite with thread.] |
The act
of sewing; also, the line along which two things or parts are sewed
together, or are united so as to form a seam, or that which resembles
a seam.
The
uniting of the parts of a wound by stitching.
The line of union, or seam,
in an immovable articulation, like those between the bones of the
skull; also, such an articulation itself; synarthrosis. See
Harmonic suture, under Harmonic.
The line,
or seam, formed by the union of two margins in any part of a plant;
as, the ventral suture of a legume.
The
line at which the elytra of a beetle meet and are sometimes
confluent.
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