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


Arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Suture'' (album), a 2000 album by American Industrial rock band Chemlab * ''Suture'' (film), a 1993 film directed by Scott McGehee and David Siegel *
Suture (band) Suture was an American punk rock and indie rock trio based in Washington, D.C. affiliated with early riot grrrl. Suture consisted of Kathleen Hanna (electric bass guitar, drums, vocals), Sharon Cheslow (electric guitar, electric bass guitar, vocal ...
, an early 1990s band with Kathleen Hanna, Sharon Cheslow, and Doug Birdzell


Healthcare

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Suture (anatomy) In anatomy, a suture is a fairly rigid joint between two or more hard elements of an organism, with or without significant overlap of the elements. Sutures are found in the skeletons or exoskeletons of a wide range of animals, in both invertebra ...
, a rigid joint between hard parts of animals ** Suture (joint), concerning the major joints in the bones of the cranium ** 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 *
Surgical suture A surgical suture, also known as a stitch or stitches, is a medical device used to hold body tissues together and approximate wound edges after an injury or surgery. Application generally involves using a needle with an attached length of threa ...
, a stitch used by doctors and surgeons to hold tissue together


Science

* Suture (geology), a major fault through an orogen or mountain range * Suture, a seam in a fruit capsule {{disambig