A stitch or row of stitches holding together the edges of a wound or surgical incision. The doctor carefully placed a suture to close the incision after the surgery.
A seam-like immovable junction between two bones, such as those of the skull. The coronal suture is the joint that connects the frontal bone to the parietal bones in the skull.
A thread or wire used for surgical stitching. The surgeon selected a fine suture to ensure minimal scarring.
A seam or line along which a seed pod, shell, or similar structure naturally splits, or the junction between whorls of a gastropod shell. When the pea pod is ripe, it opens cleanly along its dorsal suture.