ῥαφή

A. seam, ἱμάντων Od. 22.186; [χιτῶνος] Plu. Cleom. 37.

2. suture of the skull, κεφαλὴ οὐκ ἔχουσα ῥαφήν Hdt. 9.83, cf. Hp. VC 1 (pl.), Pl. Ti. 76a, Arist. HA 491b2, 516a15; also of the heart and other parts, Id. PA 667a7, 677b19; ῥαφαὶ ὀστέων E. Ph. 1159, Supp. 503.

II. stitching, sewing, τρήσει καὶ ῥαφῇ χρωμένη σύνθεσις Pl. Plt. 280c; αἱ ῥ. τοῦ τραύματος, of a wound that had been sewn up, D.C. 43.11.