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Webster 1913 Edition


Gastroraphy

Gas-tror′a-phy

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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.
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Webster 1828 Edition


Gastroraphy

GASTROR'APHY

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Noun.
[Gr. belly, and a sewing or suture.]
The operation of sewing of wounds of the abdomen.