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-rrhaphy: Suture
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The suffix rrhaphy names surgical suturing of the structure its root identifies.
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Herniorrhaphy is surgical repair of a hernia by suturing.
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Rrhaphy is the only one of the four double-r suffixes naming a procedure rather than a finding.
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