Sūt'üre, n.

(sūt/yur, 53), n. [Lat. sutura, from suere, sutum, to sew or stitch; Fr. suture, Pr., Sp., Pg., & It. sutura.]

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.
2. (Surg.) The uniting of the parts of a wound by stitching.
3. (Anat.) 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.
4. (Bot.) The line or seam formed by the union of two margins in any part of a plant.
5. (Entom.) The line at which the elytra meet and are sometimes confluent.