suture

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• suture — [ sytyr ] n. f. • 1540; lat. méd. sutura, de suere « coudre » 1 ♦ Réunion, à l aide de fils, de parties divisées à la suite d un accident ou d une intervention chirurgicale (lèvres d une plaie, extrémités d un tendon coupé). Faire une suture.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Suture — Su ture, n. [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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Suture — literally means join . The term may refer to:* surgical suture, a stich used by doctors and surgeons to hold tissue together. * Suture (anatomical), a rigid joint between hard parts of animals * suture (geology), a major fault through an orogen… …   Wikipedia

• suturé — suturé, ée (su tu ré, rée) adj. Qui offre une suture, qui a la suture saillante ou colorée …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

• suture — ► NOUN 1) a stitch or row of stitches holding together the edges of a wound or surgical incision. 2) a thread or wire used for this. 3) a seam like junction between two parts, especially between bones of the skull. ► VERB ▪ stitch up with a… …   English terms dictionary

• suture — 1540s, surgical stitching of a wound, etc., from L. sutura a seam, a sewing together, from sutus, pp. of suere to sew (see SEW (Cf. sew)). The verb is recorded from 1777 …   Etymology dictionary

• suture — n *joint, articulation …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• suture — SUTURE. s. f. Terme d anatomie. Il ne se dit qu en cette phrase, Les Sutures du crane, pour dire, Les jointures des parties du crane …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

• suture — [so͞o′chər] n. [L sutura < sutus, pp. of suere, to SEW] 1. a) the act of joining together by or as by sewing b) the line along which such a joining is made 2. Anat. the joining together, or the irregular line of junction, of certain vertebrate …   English World dictionary

• Suture — The word suture has several uses in medicine, including: {{}}Cranial suture A type of joint between the bones of the skull where the bones are held tightly together by fibrous tissue. A surgical suture Thread like material used to sew tissue… …   Medical dictionary

• suture — (su tu r ) s. f. 1°   Terme de chirurgie. Opération qui consiste à coudre les lèvres d une plaie pour en obtenir la réunion. Suture à points séparés ou suture entrecoupée. Suture enchevillée ou emplumée. Suture entortillée. Suture à points passés …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré