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Meaning of sutures

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

sutures

noun

Definitions

  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. An area where separate terrane join together along a major fault.

  4. A type of fibrous joint bound together by Sharpey's fibres which only occurs in the skull.