| sutures | Materials used in closing a surgical or traumatic wound. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| cranial sutures | A type of fibrous joint between bones of the head. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| lens sutures | 9 to 12 faint lines on the anterior and posterior surfaces of the lens that radiate from the poles toward the equator; they mark the lines along which the ends of lens fibres abut. Synonym: lens stars, lens sutures. (05 Mar 2000) |