gastroraphy

G2A1S1T1R1O1R1A1P3H4Y4

noun

The operation of sewing up wounds of the abdomen.

Scrabble 20
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

noungastroraphy (uncountable)
  1. dateduncountablemedicineThe operation of sewing up wounds of the abdomen.

    There is a kind[…][of suture] in the belly, called Gastrophie[…]

    1612, Peter Lowe, A Discourse of the Whole Art of Chyrurgerie

Origin

Ancient Greek stomach + a sewing: compare French gastrorrhaphie.

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

astrography
Cite this entry
APA

gastroraphy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gastroraphy

MLA

“gastroraphy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gastroraphy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gastroraphy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gastroraphy.

Source: gastroraphy on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.