neurorrhaphy

neurorrhaphy
Joining together, usually by suture, of the two parts of a divided nerve. SYN: nerve suture, neurosuture. [neuro- + G. rhaphe, suture]

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neu·ror·rha·phy n(y)u̇-'rȯr-ə-fē n, pl -phies the surgical suturing of a divided nerve

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neu·ror·rha·phy (n-rorґə-fe) [neuro- + -rrhaphy] the suturing of a cut nerve.

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