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Suture
Meaning
Noun
●
A
seam
formed
by
sewing
two
edges
together, especially to
join
pieces
of
skin
in
surgically
treating
a wound.
●
Thread used to
sew
or
stitch
two
edges
(especially of
skin
) together.
●
In Geology:
An area where
separate
terrane
join
together along
a major
fault.
●
In Anatomy:
A type of
fibrous
joint
bound
together by Sharpey's
fibres
which only
occurs
in the skull.
●
In Anatomy:
A
seam
or
line
, such as that between the
segments
of a
crustacean
, between the
whorls
of a
univalve
shell
, or where the
elytra
of a
beetle
meet.
●
In Botany:
The
seam
at the
union
of two
margins
in a plant.
●
In Philosophy:
The
procedure
by which a
subject
comes to
be
identified
with its own
representation
,
as in
the
identification
of the
speaker
with the
sign
“I” within a certain
discourse
; (
by extension
) any process by which the
content
of something is
determined
or
supplied
from outside itself.
Verb
●
To
sew up
or
join
by means of
a suture.
Sourced from
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Origin
suture
English
sutura
Latin
suo
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
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