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tenorrhaphy

[tuh-nawr-uh-fee, -nor-]

noun

Surgery.

plural

tenorrhaphies 
  1. suture of a tendon.



tenorrhaphy

/ ɪˈɒəɪ /

noun

  1. surgery the union of torn or divided tendons by means of sutures

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of tenorrhaphy1

First recorded in 1885–90; teno- + -rrhaphy
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of tenorrhaphy1

C19: from teno- + Greek ŧ a sewing or suture

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