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    PURSE-STRING OPERATION

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     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 pregnanciesplay

    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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