Look up: Cerclage

1. cerclage
   Type: Term Pronunciation: sair-klazh′ Definitions: 1. Bringing into close opposition and binding together the ends of an obliquely fractured bone by a ring or by an encircling, tightly drawn wire loop. 2. Operation for retinal detachment in which the choroid and retinal pigment epithelium are ...
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2. Cerclage
   Cerclage: Encircling with a ring, loop, wire, or ligature. Cerlage can be around bone fragments to hold them together. But it usually refers to the cervix. The word comes from the French 'circlage' meaning an encircling.
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3. cerclage
   Encircling with a ring, loop, wire, or ligature. Cerlage can be around bone fragments to hold them together. But it usually refers to the cervix. The word comes from the French circlage meaning an encircling. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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4. cerclage
   (ser-klahzh´) encircling of a part with a ring or loop, as for correction of an incompetent cervix uteri or fixation of the adjacent ends of a fractured bone. Cerclage of an incompetent cervix uteri, the inset showing the effect of the tightened suture.
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5. Cerclage
   A procedure that is performed to stitch the cervical opening in a pregnant woman that experiences an incompetent cervix, which could lead to miscarriage or stillbirth. Synonym(s): Cervical Stitch Narrower term(s): Lash Cerclage McDonald's Cerclage Shirodkar's Cerclage Broader term(s): Incompetent Cervix Cervical Insufficiency
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