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English
Etymology
From trachelo- (“cervix uteri”) + -rrhaphy (“suturing”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɹækiːˈlɒɹəfɪ/, /ˌtɹakiːˈlɒɹəfi/
Noun
trachelorrhaphy (plural trachelorrhaphies)
- (surgery) The operation of sewing up a laceration of the neck of the uterus.
1892, American Gynecological Journal, II, page 142:We have had recently in gynecological work several “fads.” Sims’ cervix splitting, Emmet’s operation of trachelorrhaphy, divulsion of the cervix a la Goodell, going the way of all “fads.”
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