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Fissure vs Suture - What's the difference?

fissure | suture |

As nouns the difference between fissure and suture

is that fissure is a crack or opening, as in a rock while suture is a seam formed by sewing two edges (especially of skin) together.

As verbs the difference between fissure and suture

is that fissure is to split forming fissures while suture is to sew up or join by means of a suture.

fissure

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a crack or opening, as in a rock

    • Derived terms

    * fissure needle * fissure of Rolando * fissure of Sylvius * fissure vein

    Verb

    (fissur)
  • To split forming fissures.

    • Anagrams

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    suture

    English

    (wikipedia suture)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A seam formed by sewing two edges (especially of skin) together.
  • Thread used to sew two edges (especially of skin) together; stitch.
  • (geology) An area where separate terranes join together along a major fault.
  • (anatomy) A type of fibrous joint bound together by Sharpey's fibres which only occurs in the skull.
  • (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.

    • Verb

    (sutur)
  • to sew up or join by means of a suture

    • Anagrams

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