[su.ture] n [MF & L; MF, fr. L sutura seam, suture, fr. sutus, pp. of suere to sew--more at sew] (1541) 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; esp: a line of dehiscence (as on a fruit) -- su.tur.al adj -- su.tur.al.ly adv
[2]suture vt su.tured ; su.tur.ing (1777): to unite, close, or secure with sutures "~ a wound"