tenorrhaphy

American

[tuh-nawr-uh-fee, -nor-] / təˈnɔr ə fi, -ˈnɒr- /

noun

Surgery.

suture of a tendon.

tenorrhaphy British

/ tɪˈnɒrəfɪ /

noun

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

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Noun Inflected Forms

tenorrhaphies

plural

Etymology

Origin of tenorrhaphy

First recorded in 1885–90; teno- + -rrhaphy

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