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 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.) 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.
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 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.) 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.
