Gastroraphy

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gastroraphy \Gas*tror"a*phy\, n. [Gr.?; ?, ?, stomach + ? a
     sewing, fr. ? to sew: cf. F. gastrorrhaphie.] (Surg.)
     The operation of sewing up wounds of the abdomen. --Quincy.
     [1913 Webster]