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annulorrhaphy (medicine) and recidivist (oh)


annulorrhaphy (medicine)


annulorrhaphy
Closure of a hernial ring by suture.

Origin: L. Anulus, ring, + G. Rhaphe, seam


recidivist (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Language: French; Origin: recidiviste, from recidiver 'to go back to bad behavior', from Latin recidere, from cadere 'to fall']
a criminal who starts doing illegal things again, even after he or she has been punished
-- recidivism n [U]