1. stitches used to close a wound or surgical incision
Usage: medical
2. the lines where bones of the skull join together
Usage: anatomy

1. to close a wound with stitches
Usage: medical

Examples

• The doctor removed the sutures from her arm after two weeks.
• He needed twelve sutures to close the deep cut.
• 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.
• Dissolvable sutures don’t need to be removed.
• The coronal suture runs across the top of the skull.