Category:Suture

Su"ture, n. Etym: [l. sutura, fr. suere, sutum, to sew or stitch: cf. F. suture. See sew to unite with thread.]

1. 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.

2. (surg.) (a) the uniting of the parts of a wound by stitching. (b) the stitch by which the parts are united.

3. (anat.)

Defn: 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.

4. (bot.) (a) the line, or seam, formed by the union of two margins in any part Of a plant; as, the ventral suture of a legume. (b) a line resembling a seam; as, the dorsal suture of a legume, Which really corresponds to a midrib.

5. (zoöl.) (a) the line at which the elytra of a beetle meet and are sometimes Confluent. (b) a seam, or impressed line, as between the segments of a Crustacean, or between the whorls of a univalve shell. Glover's Suture, harmonic suture, etc. See under glover, harmonic, etc.