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colporrhaphy

col·por·rha·phy [ kol páwrəfee ] (plural col·por·rha·phies)


noun 
Definition:
 
operation for torn or lax vagina: surgical repair of a torn or lax vagina, performed especially in cases in which the bladder or rectum has protruded

[Early 20th century. <colpo- + Greek rhaphē "suture, seam"]
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