suturenoun/ˈs(j)uː.tʃə/

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  A seam formed by sewing two edges together, especially to join pieces of skin in surgically treating a wound.

  • Although the sutures are difficult to trace, the supraoccipital contacts the parietal anteriorly at a tight interdigitated suture, and contacts the ophistotic posterolaterally at a straight suture.
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  Thread used to sew or stitch two edges (especially of skin) together.

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  geographygeologynatural-sciencesAn area where separate terrane join together along a major fault.

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  anatomymedicinesciencesA type of fibrous joint bound together by Sharpey's fibres which only occurs in the skull.

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  anatomymedicinesciencesA seam or line, such as that between the segments of a crustacean, between the whorls of a univalve shell, or where the elytra of a beetle meet.

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  biologybotanynatural-sciencesThe seam at the union of two margins in a plant.

  • It is also generally marked above by flexuose anastomosing black, indented lines, whence it appears as if insculpt with rivulose sutures.
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  human-sciencesphilosophysciencesThe procedure by which a subject comes to be identified with its own representation, as in the identification of the speaker with the sign “I” within a certain discourse; (by extension) any process by which the content of something is determined or supplied from outside itself.

  • The suture of science and philosophy constitutes an identification of philosophical thought and scientific objectivity that is unfortunately typical of contemporary so-called ‘analytic’ philosophy. […] Yet, the over-identification of philosophical tasks with science itself signifies a veritable retreat from philosophy itself.

sutureverb/ˈs(j)uː.tʃə/

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  To sew up or join by means of a suture.