A surgical procedure involving suturing or stitching of the elytra, typically to repair damage to beetle or insect wing covers.
From Greek 'elytron' + 'rhaphy' from 'rhaptein' (to stitch or sew), a medical suffix used for any surgical repair performed by stitching.
'-Rhaphy' literally means 'stitching' in Greek, and it's used across medicine for any surgical repair—from eyelid stitching to wound closing, even for insect wings!
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