suture

suture
[ˈsuːtʃə]
noun
  1. a stitch or row of stitches holding together the edges of a wound or surgical incision
    （伤口或外科切口的）缝线
    ■a thread or wire used for this
    用于缝合的线（或金属丝）
    ■[mass noun]the action of stitching together the edges of a wound or incision
    缝合
  2. a seam-like immovable junction between two bones, such as those of the skull
    骨缝（如头颅的骨缝）
    ■(Zoology)a similar junction, such as between the sclerites of an insect's body
    (动)缝（例如昆虫体内的骨片之间）
    ■(Geology)a line of junction formed by two crustal plates which have collided
    (地质)（板块碰撞形成的）接缝
verb
  1. [with obj.]stitch up (a wound or incision) with a suture
    用缝合线缝合（伤口，切口）
    the small incision was sutured.
    手术的小切口被缝合了。
派生
sutural
adjective
语源
  1. late Middle English: from French, or from Latin sutura, from suere 'sew'
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