Medical Dictionary

cardiorrhaphy

noun car·di·or·rha·phy \ˌkärd-ē-ˈr-ə-fē\
plural car·di·or·rha·phies

Medical Definition of CARDIORRHAPHY

:  a surgical operation of suturing the heart muscle (as in the repair of a stab wound)

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