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Suture
01
a surgical seam made to close a wound or incision
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The surgeon removed the sutures after the wound healed.
02
a thread of wire, catgut, or silk used to stitch body tissues together
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The package of suture contained several lengths of sterile thread.
03
a seam-like joint where two bones are firmly joined, particularly in the skull
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The surgeon examined the cranial sutures in the X-ray.
to suture
01
to stitch tissues together using a surgical thread
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They sutured the wound using absorbable thread.
