suture

A seam formed by sewing two edges together, especially to join pieces of skin in surgically treating a wound.

缝合

Thread used to sew or stitch two edges (especially of skin) together.

An area where separate terrane join together along a major fault.

A type of fibrous joint bound together by Sharpey's fibres which only occurs in the skull.

A seam or line, such as that between the segments of a crustacean, between the whorls of a univalve shell, or where the elytra of a beetle meet.

The seam at the union of two margins in a plant.

The procedure by which a subject comes to be identified with its own representation, as in the identification of the speaker with the sign “I” within a certain discourse; (by extension) any process by which the content of something is determined or supplied from outside itself.

To sew up or join by means of a suture.