Which medical term means suture the vulva?
A) episisectomy
B) episiorrhea
C) episiorrhaphy
D) episiotomy
C) episiorrhaphy
Episi/o means vulva and -rrhaphy means suture; therefore, episiorrhaphy means
suture the vulva. Episisectomy is not a correctly spelled medical term. -rrhea means discharge;
hence, episiorrhea means discharge from the vulva. -otomy means cutting into, so episiotomy
means cutting into the vulva.
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