suture
/ˈsuːtʃə/SOO-chur
/ˈsutʃɚ/SOO-chur
Meaninga sewing
Common meaning: a surgical stitch
- sutto sewLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1803 · scan
- urenoun ending: result or process
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin suō ‘to sew’.
Roots
- suō, -ere, sūtum Latin “to sew”
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