1
a
: a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body
also
: a stitch made with a suture
b
: the act or process of sewing with sutures
2
a
: a uniting of parts
b
: the seam or seamlike line along which two things or parts are sewed or united
3
a
: the line of union in an immovable articulation (as between the bones of the skull)
also
: such an articulation
b
: a furrow at the junction of adjacent bodily parts
especially
: a line of dehiscence (as on a fruit)
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