🇬🇧 Suture meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

To suture means to carefully sew the edges of a cut on the body back together so it can close and heal. Doctors use a special needle and strong thread to gently pull the skin together, almost like stitching fabric, but much more careful and clean so the person can get better.

When the surgeon started to suture the cut, my dad fainted even though he wasn’t the patient.

I knew it was bad when the doctor decided to suture my elbow instead of just giving it a high-five and a bandage.

The surgeon said, “Hold still while I suture this,” and my brain said, “Let’s wiggle right now!”

The doctor had to suture the cut on my head after I tried to prove that doors are softer than they actually are.

The surgeon explained that they would suture my cut, and I learned that long ago people sometimes used animal tendons as thread—suddenly my modern tiny stitches felt very fancy.

After the fall, a small boy sat trembling as the clinic lights hummed. The nurse must suture the pale cheek, so she cleaned the cut, held a soft hand, and began to suture slowly, to suture each edge. She closed the wound stitch by stitch, suture after suture, whispering calm words. The boy blinked, smiled, and the worry eased.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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