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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Suture \Su"ture\, n. [L. sutura, fr. suere, sutum, to sew or
     stitch: cf. F. suture. See {Sew} to unite with thread.]
     1. The act of sewing; also, the line along which two things
        or parts are sewed together, or are united so as to form a
        seam, or that which resembles a seam.
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     2. (Surg.)
        (a) The uniting of the parts of a wound by stitching.
        (b) The stitch by which the parts are united.
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     3. (Anat.) The line of union, or seam, in an immovable
        articulation, like those between the bones of the skull;
        also, such an articulation itself; synarthrosis. See
        {Harmonic suture}, under {Harmonic}.
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     4. (Bot.)
        (a) The line, or seam, formed by the union of two margins
            in any part of a plant; as, the ventral suture of a
            legume.
        (b) A line resembling a seam; as, the dorsal suture of a
            legume, which really corresponds to a midrib.
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     5. (Zool.)
        (a) The line at which the elytra of a beetle meet and are
            sometimes confluent.
        (b) A seam, or impressed line, as between the segments of
            a crustacean, or between the whorls of a univalve
            shell.
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     {Glover's suture}, {Harmonic suture}, etc. See under
        {Glover}, {Harmonic}, etc.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  suture
       n 1: an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the
            skull) [syn: {sutura}, {fibrous joint}]
       2: a seam used in surgery [syn: {surgical seam}]
       3: thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch
          tissues together
       v : join with a suture; "suture the wound after surgery"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  70 Moby Thesaurus words for "suture":
     animal fiber, ankle, articulation, artificial fiber, boundary,
     butt, capillament, cervix, cilium, cirrus, clinch, closure, cobweb,
     connecting link, connecting rod, connection, coupling, denier,
     dovetail, elbow, embrace, fancywork, fiber, fibrilla, filament,
     filamentule, flagellum, garment making, gliding joint, gossamer,
     hair, hank, hinge, hinged joint, hip, interface, join, joining,
     joint, juncture, knee, knuckle, link, miter, mortise, neck,
     needlework, pivot, pivot joint, rabbet, scarf, seam, sewing,
     shoulder, skein, stitch, stitchery, stitching, strand, symphysis,
     tendril, thread, threadlet, tie rod, toggle, toggle joint, union,
     web, weld, wrist
  
  

















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