suture
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Sense 1 noun
an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull)
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Sense 2 verb
join with a suture
suture the wound after surgery
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Sense 3 noun
a seam used in surgery
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Sense 4 noun
thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | joint |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | coronal suture |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | frontal suture |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | intermaxillary suture |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | internasal suture |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lamboid suture |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | occipitomastoid suture |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | parietomastoid suture |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sagittal suture |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | suturing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | suture |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | surgical seam |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | seam |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | suture |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | seam |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | suture |
| 4 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | catgut |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | thread |