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# suture

«suture» in Mova's school dictionary: **a stitch, or a row of stitches, that a doctor uses to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) (medicine) A suture is a stitch, or a row of stitches, that a doctor uses to close a cut or wound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suture/#m1)

2) To suture a wound is to sew it closed. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suture/#m3)

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

### In the corpora

- [The skull has 22 bones: 8 around the brain and 14 in the face, joined by zigzag seams called sutures.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/357-bones-by-name-the-skull-jaw-spine-and-ribs/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «suture» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suture/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.