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-rrhaphy

Surgical sewing or suturing.

Greek ‑rraphia, from rhaphē, a seam.

These are specialist medical terms; they include herniorrhaphy, suturing of a hernia; colporrhaphy (Greek kolpos, womb), an operation to remove lax and redundant vaginal tissue in cases of prolapse of the vaginal wall; and tenorrhaphy, joining a severed tendon with a suture.

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