different between suture vs ligature

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.

English

Etymology

From Middle English ligature, from Middle French ligature, from Late Latin lig?tura, from Latin lig?tus, past participle of lig?re (“to tie, bind”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?l???t??/

Noun

ligature (countable and uncountable, plural ligatures)

1. (uncountable) The act of tying or binding something.
2. (countable) A cord or similar thing used to tie something; especially the thread used in surgery to close a vessel or duct.
   • 2018: "She stalked the Golden State Killer until she died. Some think her work led to the suspect’s arrest." by Eli Rosenberg

     He hid shoelaces or rope under cushions to use as ligatures.

3. A thread or wire used to remove tumours, etc.
4. The state of being bound or stiffened; stiffness.

   the ligature of a joint

5. (countable, typography) A character that visually combines multiple letters, such as æ, œ, ß or ?; also logotype. Sometimes called a typographic ligature.
6. (countable, music) A group of notes played as a phrase, or the curved line that indicates such a phrase.
7. (music) A curve or line connecting notes; a slur.
8. (countable) A piece used to hold a reed to the mouthpiece on woodwind instruments.
9. Impotence caused by magic or charms.

Derived terms

• ligature point

Related terms

• liaison
• ligate
• ligation

Translations

Verb

ligature (third-person singular simple present ligatures, present participle ligaturing, simple past and past participle ligatured)

1. (surgery) To ligate; to tie.

French

Etymology

From Middle French ligature, from Late Latin lig?tura, from Latin lig?tus, past participle of lig? (“tie, bind”). Compare the popular Old French liüre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.?a.ty?/

Noun

ligature f (plural ligatures)

1. a tie; the action of tying
2. a binding, notably in horticulture
3. ligature; a character that combines multiple letters; logotype.

Derived terms

• ligaturer

Related terms

• lier

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• lugerait
• régulait

Latin

Participle

lig?t?re

1. vocative masculine singular of lig?t?rus

Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French ligature, itself borrowed from Late Latin lig?t?ra. Doublet of lyoure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li??a?tiu?r(?)/

Noun

ligature (plural ligatures)

1. bandage, dressing
2. (rare) ligament

Descendants

• English: ligature

References

• “lig?t?re, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.