suture. ( 1 in surgery) a thread or wire used to join together a wound. ( 2 in surgery) the seam found after stitching two parts together. 3  an immovable joint between the bones of the skull. ( in plants) the line of fusion between two carpels.
For other uses, see ( ) (disambiguation). A bracket is a tall punctuation mark typically used in matched pairs within text, to set apart or interject other text. The matched pair may be described as opening and closing, or left and right symbols.
noun, plural parentheses. [puh-ren-thuh-seez] /pÉËrÉn Î¸ÉËsiz/ (Show IPA) 1. either or both of a pair of signs () used in writing to mark off an interjected explanatory or qualifying remark, to indicate separate groupings of symbols in mathematics and symbolic logic, etc. 2. Usually, parentheses. the material contained within these marks.