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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Surg.) The operation of uniting a cleft palate, consisting in paring and bringing together the edges of the cleft.
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- noun Alternative form of
staphylorrhaphy .
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[122] Diagram of staphyloraphy, chiefly to illustrate the passing of the threads: -- _a_, the first thread; _b_, the second.
A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners Joseph Bell 1874
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