SUTURES Synonyms

• approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap

• a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body

• a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric

• something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making

• an obstruction in a pipe or tube

• the act of blocking

• termination of operations

• terminate debate by calling for a vote

• (music) a group of notes connected by a slur

• character consisting of two or more letters combined into one

• a metal band used to attach a reed to the mouthpiece of a clarinet or saxophone

• thread used by surgeons to bind a vessel (as to constrict the flow of blood)

• something used to tie or bind

• the act of tying or binding things together

• joining or attaching by stitches

• needlework on which you are working with needle and thread

• joining or attaching by stitches

• an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull)

• a seam used in surgery

• thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together

• join with a suture

• a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving

• any long object resembling a thin line

• the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together

• the raised helical rib going around a screw

• to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course

• pass a thread through

• remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string

• pass through or into

• thread on or as if on a string

• an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull)

• an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull)

• a seam used in surgery