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gastroraphy

gastroraphy noun: the operation of sewing up wounds of the abdomen.

Noun

gastroraphy (uncountable)

  1. (dated) The operation of sewing up wounds of the abdomen.
    • There is a kind[…][of suture] in the belly, called Gastrophie[…]1612, Peter Lowe, A Discourse of the Whole Art of Chyrurgerie

Origin of gastroraphy

Ancient Greek stomach + a sewing: compare French gastrorrhaphie.

Questions about gastroraphy

What does gastroraphy mean?
Gastroraphy means the operation of sewing up wounds of the abdomen.
What part of speech is gastroraphy?
Gastroraphy is a noun.

Words near gastroraphy in the dictionary

  1. gastropubby
  2. gastropubs
  3. gastropulmonary
  4. gastropulmonic
  5. gastropyloric
  6. gastroraphy
  7. gastrorectal
  8. gastrorenal
  9. gastroresistant
  10. gastroretention
  11. gastroretentive

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