rhapho-, rhaph-, rhap-, -rhaph, -rhaphy, -orrhaphy, -rrhaphy

(Greek: suture, stitching, joining in a seam)

omentorrhaphy

Suture or repair of the omentum.

orchidorrhaphy

orchiopexy, orchiorrhaphy

Surgical fixation of the testis in the scrotum, usually in cases of undescensus.

palatorrhaphy

Surgical correction of a cleft palate, the cleft involving the soft palate and the soft tissues over the hard palate.

pericardiorrhaphy

A suturing of the pericardium.

perineorrhaphy

Suture of the perineum, performed in perineoplasty.

phleborrhaphy

Repair or reconstruction of a vein by suturing its wall.

rhapsodic

rhapsodist

rhapsodize

rhapsody

rhinorrhaphy

1. An operation performed by excising a fold of skin from the nose and closing the opening with sutures.
2. A plastic reduction in the size of the nose, in which redundant nasal tissue is removed by section, followed by approximation and suture of the wound edges.

splenorrhaphy

staphylorrhaphy

Suture of a cleft palate.

symphyseorrhaphy

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rhapho-, rhaph-, rhap-, -rhaph, -rhaphy, -orrhaphy, -rrhaphy

(Greek: suture, stitching, joining in a seam)

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