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# suture

noun (a suture, sutures); verb (suture, sutures, sutured, suturing)

«suture» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (medicine) A suture is a stitch, or a row of stitches, that a doctor uses to close a cut or wound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suture/#m1)
2. To suture a wound is to sew it closed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suture/#m2)
3. (science) A suture is also a fixed, wiggly joint between bones, like the lines where the bones of the skull meet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suture/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science and health lessons, doctors and nurses use sutures (stitches) for deep cuts; some sutures dissolve on their own, others must be removed after about a week. Babies have soft gaps between skull bones that later join at the sutures. In history, ancient doctors used thread, hair or even ant jaws to close wounds.

### Examples

- The doctor put five sutures in my cut. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suture/#x1)
- The sutures will dissolve in a week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suture/#x2)
- The nurse took out the sutures from his knee. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suture/#x3)
- The vet sutured the dog's leg. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suture/#x4)
- Your skull has wiggly lines called sutures. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suture/#x5)
- Some sutures are made of special thread. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suture/#x6)
- Keep the sutures clean and dry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suture/#x7)

### Note

Countable: sutures. Everyday word: stitches. Say "SOO-cher". Do not confuse with "suitor" (someone who wants to marry a person) or "future".

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «suture» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suture/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«suture» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/suture.html) on Mova free.