tenorrhaphies

Variant of tenorrhaphy

tenorrhaphy definition

te·nor·rha·phy (tə nôr′ə fē)

noun pl. tenorrhaphies -·phies

Surgery the joining of a divided tendon by sutures

Etymology: teno- + Gr rrhaphia, a suturing < rhaphē, seam

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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