different between sclerite vs suture

English

Etymology

sclero- +? -ite

Noun

sclerite (plural sclerites)

1. (biology) A hardened body part, especially in arthropod exoskeletons.

Translations

Anagrams

• reticles, silcrete, terciles, tiercels, triscele

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skle?ri.te/

Noun

sclerite f (plural scleriti)

1. (biology) sclerite
2. (pathology) scleritis

Related terms

• sclera
• sclerotizzazione

Anagrams

• clistere, riscelte, triscele

English

Etymology

From Middle English suture, from Latin s?t?ra (“suture”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s(j)u?.tj?(?)/, /?s(j)u?.t??(?)/

Noun

suture (plural sutures)

1. A seam formed by sewing two edges together, especially to join pieces of skin in surgically treating a wound.
2. Thread used to sew or stitch two edges (especially of skin) together.
3. (geology) An area where separate terrane join together along a major fault.
4. (anatomy) A type of fibrous joint bound together by Sharpey's fibres which only occurs in the skull.
5. (anatomy) 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.
6. (botany) The seam at the union of two margins in a plant.

Translations

Verb

suture (third-person singular simple present sutures, present participle suturing, simple past and past participle sutured)

1. (transitive) To sew up or join by means of a suture.

Translations

Anagrams

• uterus

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin s?t?ra (“suture”).

Noun

suture f (plural sutures)

1. (surgery) suture; stitch

Derived terms

• point de suture

Verb

suture

1. first-person singular present indicative of suturer
2. third-person singular present indicative of suturer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of suturer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of suturer
5. second-person singular imperative of suturer

Further reading

• “suture” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• tueurs, utérus

Italian

Noun

suture f

1. plural of sutura

Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin s?t?ra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siu??tiu?r(?)/, /?siu?tiu?r(?)/

Noun

suture (plural suturez)

1. A suture; a seam made in surgical operations:
2. (rare, anatomy) A slight bodily indentation.

Descendants

• English: suture

References

• “s?t?re, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-17.

Spanish

Verb

suture

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of suturar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of suturar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of suturar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of suturar.