Angiorrhaphy

/ændʒiˈɒrəfi/ noun

Surgical suturing or stitching of blood vessels to repair damage or reconnect severed vessels.

From Greek 'angion' (vessel) + 'raphe' (seam, suture). This surgical term emerged as vascular surgery became more sophisticated in the 20th century.

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