SUTURE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together
   Hypernyms(s) suture is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • thread (what does thread mean?)
   • yarn (what does yarn mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • suture (what does suture mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a seam used in surgery
   Synonym(s)
   • surgical seam (what does surgical seam mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) suture is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • seam (what does seam mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • suture (what does suture mean?)
3. Meaning
   • an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull)
   Synonym(s)
   • fibrous joint (what does fibrous joint mean?)
   • sutura (what does sutura mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) suture is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • joint (what does joint mean?)
   • articulation (what does articulation mean?)
   • articulatio (what does articulatio mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • coronal suture (what does coronal suture mean?)
   • sutura coronalis (what does sutura coronalis mean?)
   • frontal suture (what does frontal suture mean?)
   • sutura frontalis (what does sutura frontalis mean?)
   • intermaxillary suture (what does intermaxillary suture mean?)
   • sutura intermaxillaris (what does sutura intermaxillaris mean?)
   • internasal suture (what does internasal suture mean?)
   • sutura internasalis (what does sutura internasalis mean?)
   • lamboid suture (what does lamboid suture mean?)
   • sutura lamboidea (what does sutura lamboidea mean?)
   • occipitomastoid suture (what does occipitomastoid suture mean?)
   • parietomastoid suture (what does parietomastoid suture mean?)
   • sagittal suture (what does sagittal suture mean?)
   • interparietal suture (what does interparietal suture mean?)
   • sutura sagittalis (what does sutura sagittalis mean?)

SUTURE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • join with a suture
   Usage Example(s)
   • suture the wound after surgery
   Hypernyms(s) suture is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • seam (what does seam mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • suture (what does suture mean?)
   • suture (what does suture mean?)
   • surgical seam (what does surgical seam mean?)
   • suturing (what does suturing mean?)