enterorrhaphy

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enterorrhaphy - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Enterorrhaphy \En`ter*or"rha*phy\, n. [Gr. 'e`nteron an
     intestine + ? a sewing.] (Med.)
     The operation of sewing up a rent in the intestinal canal.
     [1913 Webster]