trachelorrhaphy
English
Etymology
From trachelo- (“cervix uteri”) + -rrhaphy (“suturing”).
Pronunciation
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.”
- 1892, American Gynecological Journal II, page 142: