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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

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