Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Suture of the perineum, as when ruptured in childbirth.
- noun An operation for uniting the edges of the wound in a ease of ruptured perineum.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) The operation of sewing up a ruptured perineum.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun surgery The operation of sewing up a ruptured
perineum .
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Examples
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The injuries received during coitus have been classified by Spaeth as follows: Deep tears of the hymen with profuse hemorrhage; tears of the clitoris and of the urethra (in cases of atresia hymenis); vesicovaginal fistula; laceration of the vaginal fornices, posteriorly or laterally; laceration of the septum of a duplex vagina; injuries following coitus after perineorrhaphy.
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The injuries received during coitus have been classified by Spaeth as follows: Deep tears of the hymen with profuse hemorrhage; tears of the clitoris and of the urethra (in cases of atresia hymenis); vesicovaginal fistula; laceration of the vaginal fornices, posteriorly or laterally; laceration of the septum of a duplex vagina; injuries following coitus after perineorrhaphy.
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