canthorrhaphy

canthorrhaphy
Suture of the eyelids at either canthus. [G. kanthos, canthus, + rhaphe, suture]

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can·thor·rha·phy (kan-thorґə-fe) [cantho- + -rrhaphy] the suturing of the palpebral fissure at either canthus.

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