1. A seam used in surgery
   "The surgeon carefully closed the incision with a suture";
   - surgical seam
    
2. Thread of catgut, silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together
   "The doctor carefully tied off the suture after closing the wound"
    
3. An immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull)
   "The suture between cranial bones allows for slight movement during birth";
   - sutura, fibrous joint

1. Join with a suture
   "suture the wound after surgery"

Derived forms: suturing, sutures, sutured

Type of: articulatio, articulation, joint, seam, thread, yarn

Encyclopedia: Suture