- suture (n.)
- early 15c., "surgical stitching of a wound, etc.," from Latin sutura "a seam, a sewing together," from sutus, past participle of suere "to sew" (see sew). Meaning "a seam, a line of joining or closure" is from 1570s.
- suture (v.)
- 1777, from suture (n.). Related: Sutured; suturing.
