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Medical Definition of Caliorrhaphy
1. 1. Suturing of a calix. 2. Plastic surgery of a dilated or obstructed calix to improve urinary drainage, often requiring combination of two or more calices or the massive movement of pelvic mucosa to rebuild the caliceal drainage system. Origin: calix, + G. Rhaphe, suture, seam (05 Mar 2000)