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Medical Term

suture

also: sutures
suture
Fig. — suture

1. in surgery, the means whereby a wound or incision is closed, using threads of silk or catgut. There are several types of suture to deal with different situations. 2. a type of JOINT across which there is no movement, e.g. in the SKULL , where there are several sutures.

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