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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Gr.[GREEK]; [GREEK], [GREEK], stomach + [GREEK] a sewing, fr. [GREEK] to sew: cf. F.

gastrorrhaphie

(Surg.)

The operation of sewing up wounds of the abdomen.

Quincy.

Noun.

[Gr. belly, and a sewing or suture.]

The operation of sewing of wounds of the abdomen.

gastroraphy ‎(uncountable)

(surgery, dated) The operation of sewing up wounds of the abdomen.
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