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staphylorrhaphy

staphylorrhaphy noun: palatoplasty.

Noun

staphylorrhaphy (countable and uncountable, plural staphylorrhaphies)

  1. (dated) palatoplasty

Forms of staphylorrhaphy

pluralstaphylorrhaphies
alternative formstaphyloraphy

Origin of staphylorrhaphy

From staphylo- + -rrhaphy.

Questions about staphylorrhaphy

What does staphylorrhaphy mean?
Staphylorrhaphy means palatoplasty.
What part of speech is staphylorrhaphy?
Staphylorrhaphy is a noun.
What is the plural of staphylorrhaphy?
The plural of staphylorrhaphy is staphylorrhaphies.

Words near staphylorrhaphy in the dictionary

  1. staphyloplasties
  2. staphyloplasty
  3. staphyloraphies
  4. staphyloraphy
  5. staphylorrhaphies
  6. staphylorrhaphy
  7. staphylothrombin
  8. staphylothrombins
  9. staphylotome
  10. staphylotomes
  11. staphylotomies

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