[f. Gr. ἐπίσειον the region of the pubes + -ραφία, f. ῥάπτειν to sew.] An operation for the relief of prolapsus uteri by a suture.
1872. T. G. Thomas, Dis. Women, 196. Closure of the vagina may be accomplished by two operations, episiorrhaphy and obliteration of the canal.
