- episioperineorrhaphy
- Repair of an incised or a ruptured perineum and lacerated vulva or repair of a surgical incision of the vulva and perineum. [episio- + G. perinaion, perineum, + rhaphe, a stitching]
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epi·sio·per·i·ne·or·rha·phy i-.piz-ē-ō-.per-ə-nē-'ȯr-ə-fē, -.pēz- n, pl -phies surgical repair of the vulva and perineum by suturing* * *
epis·io·per·i·ne·or·rha·phy (ə-piz″e-o-per″ĭ-ne-orґə-fe) [episio- + perineum + -rrhapy] the suturing of the vulva and perineum.
Medical dictionary. 2011.