A surgical procedure that stitches and repairs torn tissues in both the vagina and perineum.
From Greek 'kolpos' (vagina) + 'perineon' (perineum) + 'rhaphe' (seam/stitch). This procedure name literally describes the action: stitching together damaged tissues in two regions.
The suffix '-orrhaphy' meaning 'to stitch' appears in dozens of surgical terms—it's a linguistic fossil showing how surgeons traditionally described their work by what they literally did with needle and thread.
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