Suture
/ˈsuːtʃər/noun
A stitch or row of stitches used to close a wound or incision.
Did you know?In Latin, *sutura* meant both a seam and the stitching of wounds, and the same root also gave English *seam*, *sew*, and *seamstress* through a deep Indo-European thread of binding and joining.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*syuH-
“to sew, bind, stitch”
Latin
Latin
suere
“to sew”
Latin
Latin
sutura
“a seam; a stitch; the stitching of a wound”
Old French
Old French
suture
“a seam, stitch, or sewing together”
Late Middle English
English
suture
“a seam or stitch, especially in surgery”
Modern English
English
suture
“a stitch or row of stitches used to close a wound or incision”
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