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-rrhaphy
-rrhaphy or -rhaphy, a combining form meaning “suture”: tenorrhaphy. [< Greek -rrhaphia, comb. form akin to rháptein to stitch, sew] -rrhaphy
-rrhaphy The diagraph rh occurring at the beginning of a syllable in a word of Greek origin is ordinarily changed to rrh when a prefix or other lexical element is placed before it, as in this terminal form, from rhaphē.Surgical suturing. [G. rhaphē, suture] -rrhaphysuff. Surgical suture.-rrhaphy Suffix meaning surgical suturing. [G. rhaphē, suture] |