n.
Pronunciation: ' sü-ch ə r
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin sutura seam, suture, from sutus, past participle of suere to sew ― more at SEW
Date: 15th century
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)
– su · tur · al \ ' sü-ch ə -r ə l, ' süch-r ə l \ adjective
– su · tur · al · ly \ -r ə -l ē \ adverb