SUTURE


Meaning of SUTURE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsju:tʃə ]

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. øøsutural adj. sutured adj. [F suture or L sutura f. suere sut- sew]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.