SU'TURE, noun [Latin sutura, from suo, to sew.] 1. Literally, a sewing; hence, the uniting of the parts of a wound by stitching. 2. The seam or joint which unites the bones of the skull; or the peculiar articulation or connection of those bones; as the coronal suture; the sagittal suture
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