Suture

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Suture, literally meaning "seam", may refer to:

Surgical suture, a stitch used by doctors and surgeons to hold tissue together
Suture (anatomy), a rigid joint between hard parts of animals
- Ammonitic suture, the intersection of the septum with the outer shell in Ammonites
- Facial suture (trilobite), divisions in the cephalon (head) of most trilobites, along which the exoskeleton splits during molting
Suture (geology), a major fault through an orogen or mountain range

In the arts

Suture (film), a 1993 film directed by Scott McGehee and David Siegel
Suture (album), a 2000 album by American Industrial rock band Chemlab

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