Meaning & use
Sutures
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Stitches used by surgeons to close a wound or incision; also, the seam-like joints between bones, such as those in the skull.
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The doctor removed the sutures a week after the surgery.
An anatomist can estimate a skull's age partly by how fused its sutures are.
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The word comes from Latin "sutura," meaning "a sewing together."
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