gastrorrhaphy

gastrorrhaphy
1. Suture of a perforation of the stomach. 2. SYN: gastroplication. [gastro- + G. rhaphe, a stitching]

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gas·tror·rha·phy (gas-trorґə-fe) [gastro- + -rrhaphy] suture of a wound of the stomach.

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