-rhaphy
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-rrhaphy
The diagraph rh occurring at the beginning of a syllable in a word of Greek origin is ordinarily changed to rrh when a prefix or other lexical element is placed before it, as in this terminal form, from rhaphē.Surgical suturing.
[G. rhaphē, suture]
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