1. a stitch or row of stitches holding together the edges of a wound or surgical incision
Usage: medical
2. a seam or line where two parts join together
Usage: anatomy

1. to join with stitches, especially to close a wound
Usage: medical

Examples

• The doctor removed the sutures from my knee after two weeks.
• She needed twelve sutures to close the cut on her forehead.
• The skull sutures don’t fully fuse until adulthood.
• The surgeon carefully sutured the incision.
• The nurse will suture the wound once it’s cleaned.
• You can see the suture line where the bones meet.
• The patient’s sutures healed without infection.