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PURSE-STRING OPERATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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
Classified under:
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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