adverb
- in a manner relating to or involving a suture or seam
Usage: medical; anatomical
Examples
- The bone fragments were aligned suturally during the surgical procedure.
- The skull plates meet suturally at the cranial joints.
- The wound was closed suturally with precise stitching.
- The anatomist examined how the bones connected suturally.
- The fracture line ran suturally along the natural bone junction.