noun Download 🔗Share A seam formed by sewing two edges together, especially to join pieces of skin in surgically treating a wound. Examples : "The doctor used sutures to close the deep cut on my arm after the accident. " medicine anatomy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Thread used to sew or stitch two edges (especially of skin) together. Examples : "After her surgery, the doctor removed the sutures holding her skin together. " medicine anatomy body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An area where separate terrane join together along a major fault. Examples : "Geologists study the sutures in mountain ranges to understand how continents collided and formed the land we see today. " geology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A type of fibrous joint bound together by Sharpey's fibres which only occurs in the skull. Examples : "The doctor explained that the sutures in a baby's skull allow the brain to grow before the bones fuse together. " medicine anatomy biology physiology body organ Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "The entomologist carefully examined the beetle's back, noting the precise pattern of the sutures where its wing coverings met. " biology anatomy organism part animal insect Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The seam at the union of two margins in a plant. Examples : "The botanist pointed out the delicate sutures where the two sides of the maple leaf had fused together during its development. " plant biology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
