suture

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle English suture, from Latin sūtūra (“suture”), from suere (“sew, join or tack together”) +‎ -tūra (forms action nouns).

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Noun[edit]

Photo of a suture (sense 1) comprising eight pieces of suture (sense 2)
(4) Cranial Sutures

suture (plural sutures)

  1. A seam formed by sewing two edges together, especially to join pieces of skin in surgically treating a wound.
  2. Thread used to sew or stitch two edges (especially of skin) together.
  3. (geology) An area where separate terrane join together along a major fault.
  4. (anatomy) A type of fibrous joint bound together by Sharpey's fibres which only occurs in the skull.
  5. (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.
  6. (botany) The seam at the union of two margins in a plant.
  7. (philosophy, figurative) 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.
    • 2011, Tzuchien Tho, “Introduction: One Divides into Two? Dividing the Conditions”, in Alain Badiou, The Rational Kernel of the Hegelian Dialectic, →ISBN, page xix:
      The suture of science and philosophy constitutes an identification of philosophical thought and scientific objectivity that is unfortunately typical of contemporary so-called ‘analytic’ philosophy. […] Yet, the over-identification of philosophical tasks with science itself signifies a veritable retreat from philosophy itself.

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

  1. (transitive, also figurative) To sew up or join by means of a suture.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ The Chambers Dictionary, 9th Ed., 2003
  2. ^ “suture”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  3. ^ “suture”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  4. ^ “suture”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

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Etymology 1[edit]

Learned borrowing from Latin sūtūra (“suture”). Compare couture.

Noun[edit]

suture f (plural sutures)

  1. (surgery) suture; stitch
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Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

suture

  1. inflection of suturer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Galician[edit]

Verb[edit]

suture

  1. inflection of suturar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Italian[edit]

Noun[edit]

suture f

  1. plural of sutura

Middle English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin sūtūra.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /siu̯ˈtiu̯r(ə)/, /ˈsiu̯tiu̯r(ə)/

Noun[edit]

suture (plural suturez)

  1. A suture; a seam made in surgical operations:
  2. (rare, anatomy) A slight bodily indentation.

Descendants[edit]

  • English: suture

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Portuguese[edit]

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suture

  1. inflection of suturar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish[edit]

Verb[edit]

suture

  1. inflection of suturar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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