suture

UK: /ˈsuːtʃə^r/ US: /ˈsutʃɚ/ ,(so̅o̅′chər)

Inflections of 'suture' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

sutures

v 3rd person singular

suturing

v pres p

sutured

v past

sutured

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

su•ture /ˈsutʃɚ/   n., v., -tured, -tur•ing. 
n. [countable]

1. Surgery a joining of the edges of a wound or the like by stitching;
   one of the stitches or fastenings used to do this.

v. [~ + object]

2. to unite by or as if by a suture:
   to suture the edges of the wound together.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

su•ture  (so̅o̅′chər), n., v., -tured, -tur•ing. 
n. 

1. Surgery
   • a joining of the lips or edges of a wound or the like by stitching or some similar process.
   • a particular method of doing this.
   • one of the stitches or fastenings employed.
2. Anatomy
   • the line of junction of two bones, esp. of the skull, in an immovable articulation.
   • the articulation itself.
3. Biology, Zoology [Zool., Bot.] the junction or line of junction of contiguous parts, as the line of closure between the valves of a bivalve shell, a seam where carpels of a pericarp join, etc.
4. a seam as formed in sewing;
   a line of junction between two parts.
5. a sewing together or a joining as by sewing.

v.t. 

6. to unite by or as by a suture.

• Latin sūtūra seam, suture, equivalent. to sūt(us) (past participle of suere to sew¹) + -ūra -ure
• 1535–45

su′tur•al, adj. 
su′tur•al•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

suture / ˈsuːtʃə/ noun

1. catgut, silk thread, or wire used to stitch together two bodily surfaces
2. the surgical seam formed after joining two surfaces
3. a type of immovable joint, esp between the bones of the skull (cranial suture)
4. a seam or joining, as in sewing
5. a line of junction in a mollusc shell, esp the line between adjacent chambers of a nautiloid shell

verb

1. (transitive) to join (the edges of a wound, etc) by means of sutures

Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin sūtūra, from suere to sew

ˈsutural adjective