n. & v.
n. 1 Surgery a the joining of the edges of a wound or incision by stitching. b the thread or wire used for this. 2 the seamlike junction of two bones, esp. in the skull. 3 Bot. & Zool. a similar junction of parts.
v.tr. Surgery stitch up (a wound or incision) with a suture. sutural adj. sutured adj.
[ F suture or L sutura f. suere sut- sew ]