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Noun suture has 3 senses

suture, sutura, fibrous joint - an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull)
--₁ is a kind of joint, articulation, articulatio
--₁ has particulars:

coronal suture, sutura coronalis; frontal suture, sutura frontalis; intermaxillary suture, sutura intermaxillaris; internasal suture, sutura internasalis; lamboid suture, sutura lamboidea; occipitomastoid suture; parietomastoid suture; sagittal suture, interparietal suture, sutura sagittalis

suture, surgical seam - a seam used in surgery
--₂ is a kind of seam

Derived form: verb suture₁
suture - thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together
--₃ is a kind of thread, yarn
--₃ has substances: catgut, gut
Derived form: verb suture₁

Verb suture has 1 sense

suture - join with a suture; "suture the wound after surgery"
--₁ is one way to seam

Derived forms: noun suture₃, noun suture₂, noun suturing₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something