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The correct spelling is suture.
How to pronounce suture
noun
IPA: /ˈs(j)uː.tjə(ɹ)/
Say it like: Suc-her
The correct spelling is suture. A seam formed by sewing two edges together, especially to join pieces of skin in surgically treating a wound.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.A seam formed by sewing two edges together, especially to join pieces of skin in surgically treating a wound.
- 2.Thread used to sew or stitch two edges (especially of skin) together.
- 3.An area where separate terrane join together along a major fault.
- 4.A type of fibrous joint bound together by Sharpey's fibres which only occurs in the skull.
- 5.A seam or line, such as that between the segments of a crustacean, between the whorls of a univalve shell, or where the elytra of a beetle meet.
verb
- 1.To sew up or join by means of a suture.
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