suture

suture, stitch (medical)

noun soo-TOOR Rare

Origin: Latin sutura

Usage Note

Suture is primarily a medical term for stitches closing a wound, but it also appears in anatomy for immovable joints between bones (as in les sutures du crâne, the cranial sutures). The verb suturer means to suture or stitch up a wound. In everyday speech, point de suture (stitch) is the common phrase.

Examples

"Le médecin a posé trois points de suture."

Natural Translation

The doctor put in three stitches.

Literal Translation

The doctor placed three suture points.

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