PURSE-STRING OPERATION

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A surgical procedure in which a suture is used to close the cervix in a pregnant woman; is performed when the cervix has failed to retain previous pregnancies

Synonyms:

purse-string operation; Shirodkar's operation

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("purse-string operation" is a kind of...):

operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)

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