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Synostosis :: Synosteosis (n.) Union by means of bone; the complete closing up and obliteration of sutures.

Harmony :: Harmony (n.) See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic..

Suture :: Suture (n.) The line, or seam, formed by the union of two margins in any part of a plant; as, the ventral suture of a legume..

Asterion :: Asterion (n.) The point on the side of the skull where the lambdoid, parieto-mastoid and occipito-mastoid sutures..

Follicle :: Follicle (n.) A simple podlike pericarp which contains several seeds and opens along the inner or ventral suture, as in the peony, larkspur and milkweed..

Sagittal :: Sagittal (a.) Of or pertaining to the sagittal suture; in the region of the sagittal suture; rabdoidal; as, the sagittal furrow, or groove, on the inner surface of the roof of the skull..

Uraniscorrhaphy :: Uraniscorrhaphy (n.) Suture of the palate. See Staphyloraphy.

Dehiscence :: Dehiscence (n.) A gaping or bursting open along a definite line of attachment or suture, without tearing, as in the opening of pods, or the bursting of capsules at maturity so as to emit seeds, etc.; also, the bursting open of follicles, as in the ovaries of animals, for the expulsion of their contents..

Suture :: Suture (n.) The act of sewing; also, the line along which two things or parts are sewed together, or are united so as to form a seam, or that which resembles a seam..

Silique :: Silique (n.) An oblong or elongated seed vessel, consisting of two valves with a dissepiment between, and opening by sutures at either margin. The seeds are attached to both edges of the dissepiment, alternately upon each side of it..

Sutural :: Sutural (a.) Of or pertaining to a suture, or seam..

Lambda :: Lambda (n.) The point of junction of the sagittal and lambdoid sutures of the skull.

Suture :: Suturated (a.) Sewed or knit together; united by a suture; stitched.

Seam :: Seam (n.) Hence, a line of junction; a joint; a suture, as on a ship, a floor, or other structure; the line of union, or joint, of two boards, planks, metal plates, etc..

Interparietal :: Interparietal (a.) Between the parietal bones or cartilages; as, the interparietal suture..

Obelion :: Obelion (n.) The region of the skull between the two parietal foramina where the closure of the sagittal suture usually begins.

Limbous :: Limbous (a.) With slightly overlapping borders; -- said of a suture.

Lambdoid :: Lambdoid (a.) Shaped like the Greek letter lambda (/); as, the lambdoid suture between the occipital and parietal bones of the skull..

Synastry :: Synarthrosis (n.) Immovable articulation by close union, as in sutures. It sometimes includes symphysial articulations also. See the Note under Articulation, n., 1..

Sutured :: Suture (n.) A seam, or impressed line, as between the segments of a crustacean, or between the whorls of a univalve shell..

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