tenorrhaphy

(tə nôrə fē)

noun pl. tenorrhaphies

Surgery the joining of a divided tendon by sutures

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

See tenorrhaphy in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. te·nor·rha·phies
The surgical uniting of divided tendons with sutures.

Origin:

Origin: teno-

Origin: + Greek rhaphē, suture (from rhaptein, to sew; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots)

Origin: + -y2

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