meningeorrhaphy

meningeorrhaphy

 [mĕ-nin″je-or´ah-fe]

suture of membranes, especially the meninges.

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me·nin·ge·or·rha·phy

(mĕ-nin'jē-ōr'ă-fē),

Suture of the cranial or spinal meninges or of any membrane.

[G. mēninx (mēning-), membrane, + rhaphē, suture]

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meningeorrhaphy

(mə-nĭn′jē-ôr′ə-fē)

n.

Suture of the cranial or spinal meninges.

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me·nin·ge·or·rha·phy

(mĕ-nin'jē-ōr'ă-fē)

Suture of the cranial or spinal meninges or of any membrane.

[G. mēninx (mēning-), membrane, + rhaphē, suture]

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