Suture of the divided ends of a tendon. SYN: tendinosuture, tendon suture, tenosuture. [teno- + G. rhaphe, suture]
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the surgical operation of uniting the ends of divided tendons by suture.
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te·nor·rha·phy (tə-norґə-fe) [teno- + -rrhaphy] the union of a divided tendon by a suture.Medical dictionary. 2011.