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Suture :: Suture (n.) A line resembling a seam; as, the dorsal suture of a legume, which really corresponds to a midrib..

Suture :: Suture (n.) The stitch by which the parts are united.

Nasion :: Nasion (n.) The middle point of the nasofrontal suture.

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..

Neuro-central :: Neuro-central (a.) Between the neural arch and the centrum of a vertebra; as, the neurocentral suture..

Suture :: Suture (n.) The line of union, or seam, in an immovable articulation, like those between the bones of the skull; also, such an articulation itself; synarthrosis. See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic..

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..

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

Suture :: Suture (n.) The uniting of the parts of a wound by stitching.

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..

Stephanite :: Stephanion (n.) The point on the side of the skull where the temporal line, or upper edge of the temporal fossa, crosses the coronal suture..

Suture :: Suture (n.) The line at which the elytra of a beetle meet and are sometimes confluent.

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

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

Metopic :: Metopic (a.) Of or pertaining to the forehead or frontal bones; frontal; as, the metopic suture..

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

Bregma :: Bregma (n.) The point of junction of the coronal and sagittal sutures of the skull.

Suturally :: Sutural (a.) Taking place at a suture; as, a sutural de/iscence..

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

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

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