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Suture vs Anastomose - What's the difference?

suture | anastomose |

As verbs the difference between suture and anastomose

is that suture is while anastomose is to join (two or more things) by anastomosis.

As an adjective anastomose is

(botany|mycology) joined or run together.

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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    anastomose

    English

    Verb

    (anastomos)
  • To join (two or more things) by anastomosis
  • To join by anastomosis

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (botany, mycology) Joined or run together.