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Arteriorrhaphy is the medical term for suture of an artery. This is when a surgeon will close up an artery. If an artery was severed, they would reattach both sides of the blood vessel walls, like stitching up a deep cut. A related term, angiorrhaphy, means suture of any vessel.
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LaoPericardiorrhaphy means to suture the tissue surrounding the heart. Cardiorrhaphy is surgical suture of the heart itself.
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Ventriculorrhaphy is the medical term meaning surgical suture of the ventricle. Ventriculorrhaphy may be used to repair a laceration to the wall of the heart's lower chambers.
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What is the medical term meaning localized balloon-like enlargement of the artery?
Abdominal aneurysmorrhaphy is the medical term meaning suture of an abdominal aneurysm. A localized balloonlike enlargement of an artery is an aneurysm.
What is the procedure to surgically suture the wall of heart?
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What is the medical term meaning tissue death of an artery or arteries?
Coronary artery disease caused by atherosclerosis
What is the medical term meaning inflammation of many arteries?
Thromboangiitis is the medical term meaning inflammation of the artery with a thrombus.
What is the medical term meaning sac formed by the widening of the wall of an artery?
It is called an Aneurysm
What is the medical term meaning suture of the radial artery?
Radial arteriorrhaphy is the medical term meaning suture of the radial artery.
What is the medical term meaning suture of the bladder?
The medical term for the suture of the bladder is cystorrhaphy.
What is the medical term meaning suture of the vulva?
Ureterorrhaphy is the medical term meaning suture of a ureter.
What is the medical term meaning suture of a kidney?
Splenorrhaphy is the medical term meaning surgical suture of the spleen.
What is the medical term meaning suture of the ductus deferens?
Vasorrhaphy is the medical term meaning surgical suture of the vas deferens.
What is the medical term meaning suture of the intestine?
Enterorrhaphy is the medical term meaning surgical suture of the intestine. A related term, enteroplasty, means surgical repair of the intestine.
What is the medical term meaning suture of a lung?
Pneumorrhaphy is suture of the lung.
What is the medical term meaning accidentally opened suture?
Dehiscence is the term of a suture that was opened accidentally.
What is the medical term meaning surgical fixation of an artery?
Arteriopexy is the medical term meaning surgical fixation of an artery.
What is the medical term meaning suture of a tendon to bone?
Tenodesis is the medical term meaning surgical suturing of the end of a tendon to a bone (ten/o means tendon, and -desis means to bind or tie together). Tenodesis is the opposite of tenolysis."Suture" is just fancy for "sew".
What is the medical term meaning suture of the face?
Face lift.
What is the medical term meaning suture to repair an episiotomy?
Perineorrhaphy is the medical term meaning suture of the perineum. An episiotomy is a surgical incision into the perineum typically used to facilitate vaginal birth.
