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- a stitch or row of stitches holding together the edges of a wound or surgical incision（伤口或外科切口的）缝线。
1.1
- a thread or wire used for this缝合线（或金属丝）。
1.2
- mass noun the action of stitching together the edges of a wound or incision缝合。
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- a seam-like immovable junction between two bones, such as those of the skull骨缝（如头颅的骨缝）。
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- Zoology a similar junction, such as between the sclerites of an insect's body【动】缝（例如昆虫体内的骨片之间）。
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- Geology a line of junction formed by two crustal plates which have collided【地质】（板块碰撞形成的）接缝。
with obj.
- stitch up (a wound or incision) with a suture用缝合线缝合（伤口, 切口）：
the small incision was sutured.
手术的小切口被缝合了。
派生词
sutural
adjective词源
late Middle English: from French, or from Latin sutura, from suere 'sew'.