SUTURE

n. Sust'uar. Gr., pa^oj. Lat., sutura (from suere, to sew), sutela, rhaphe. Fr., s., engrenure. Ger., Sutur, Fuge (1st def.), Naht, Verb in dung (2d def.). 1. That variety of synarthrosis in which the bones are articulated by their edges, generally by means of serrations; a dovetail joint. 2. The procedure of stitching parts together, particularly the lips of a wound. 3. The thread or other like material, together with the method of inserting it, in the operation of stitching parts together. 4. In botany, a line of junction or of opening; a seam, especially of a capsule or pod. [a, 35.] Antiseptics. See Antiseptic LIGATURE. Appolito's s. An intestinal s. made with a double-threaded needle, the first stitch being pa ed from within outward and the first longitudinal running stitch being made in the opposite side parallel with the line of the wound. The needle is then carried to the opposite side and a similar longitudinal stitch made, and so on back and forth. [R. P. Harris, " Med. News," Aug. 28, 1886, p. 236 (a, 34).] Baseball s. A continuous s. all around a wound, in the case of the intestine penetrating the entire intestinal coat. [" Med. Record," Nov. 5. 1892, p. 551 (a, 34).] Basil ar s. The s. between the occipital bone and the body of the sphenoid bone. [L, 172.J B6- clard's s. A modification of Bertrandi's s. in which the needle is A, ape; A, at; A3, ah; A, all; Ch, chin; Ch, loch (Scottish): [s. 574]