- te|nor|rha|phy
- te|nor|rha|phy «tuh NR uh fee, -NOR-», noun, plural -phies.the surgical suture of a tendon.╂[< Greek ténōn + rhaph
a seam or suture]
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rha — ac·ro·rha·gus; ap·or·rha·is; ar·rha; car·di·or·rha·phy; cy·clor·rha·pha; en·ter·or·rha·gia; exo·rha·son; haem·or·rha·gia; hem·a·tor·rha·chis; her·ni·or·rha·phy; hys·ter·or·rha·phy; men·or·rha·gia; metror·rha·gia; ne·phror·rha·phy;… … English syllables
tenorrhaphy — Suture of the divided ends of a tendon. SYN: tendinosuture, tendon suture, tenosuture. [teno + G. rhaphe, suture] * * * te·nor·rha·phy te nȯr ə fē n, pl phies surgical suture of a divided tendon * * * n. the surgical o … Medical dictionary
duodenorrhaphy — Suture of a tear or incision in the duodenum. [duodeno + G. rhaphe, a seam] * * * du·o·de·nor·rha·phy (doo″o də norґə fe) [duodeno + rrhaphy] the operation of suturing the duodenum … Medical dictionary
pneumonorrhaphy — Suture of the lung. [G. pneumon, lung, + rhaphe, suture] * * * pneu·mo·nor·rha·phy (noo″mo norґə fe) [pneumono + rrhaphy] suture of the lung … Medical dictionary
splenorrhaphy — 1. Suturing a ruptured spleen. 2. SYN: splenopexy. [spleno + G. rhaphe, suture] * * * sple·nor·rha·phy (sple norґə fe) [spleno + rrhaphy] surgical repair of the spleen … Medical dictionary
uranorrhaphy — SYN: palatorrhaphy. [urano + G. rhaphe, suture] * * * ura·nor·rha·phy (u″rə norґə fe) palatorrhaphy … Medical dictionary
jejunorrhaphy — je·ju·nor·rha·phy (jĕ″joo norґə fe) [jejuno + rrhaphy] operative repair of the jejunum … Medical dictionary
rhinorrhaphy — rhi·nor·rha·phy (ri norґə fe) [rhino + rrhaphy] an operation for epicanthus performed by excising a fold of skin from the nose and closing the opening with sutures … Medical dictionary
venorrhaphy — ve·nor·rha·phy (ve norґə fe) [veno + rrhaphy] phleborrhaphy … Medical dictionary
Tenorrhaphy — Te*nor rha*phy, n. [Gr. te nwn tendon + rhaphy.] (Surg.) Suture of a tendon. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
