suture
verb/ˈsuːtʃə(r)/
/ˈsuːtʃər/
(medical)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they suture | /ˈsuːtʃə(r)/ /ˈsuːtʃər/ |
| he / she / it sutures | /ˈsuːtʃəz/ /ˈsuːtʃərz/ |
| past simple sutured | /ˈsuːtʃəd/ /ˈsuːtʃərd/ |
| past participle sutured | /ˈsuːtʃəd/ /ˈsuːtʃərd/ |
| -ing form suturing | /ˈsuːtʃərɪŋ/ /ˈsuːtʃərɪŋ/ |
- suture something to sew up a woundWord Originlate Middle English: from French, or from Latin sutura, from suere ‘sew’.
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