Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The placement of a nonabsorbable suture around the uterine cervix to treat premature dilation of the cervix during pregnancy.
- noun The use of an encircling wire loop or ring to bring together the ends of an obliquely fractured bone or the fragments of a broken patella.
- noun The use of an encircling silicone band around the sclera of the eye to correct detachment of the retina.
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- noun medicine The use of a
wire loop to holdfragments of afractured bone together; or to prevent dilation of the cervix in the case of incompetent cervix
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Here in the States, cervical cerclage is not routinely recommended for asymptomatic women with ultrasound evidence of a shortened cervix.
Archive 2004-06-01 2004
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Here in the States, cervical cerclage is not routinely recommended for asymptomatic women with ultrasound evidence of a shortened cervix.
Medpundit 2004
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If you have been diagnosed with this condition in one pregnancy and get pregnant again, you may have your cervix sewed closed with a procedure known as a cerclage.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth THE BOSTON WOMEN’S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE 2008
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If you have been diagnosed with this condition in one pregnancy and get pregnant again, you may have your cervix sewed closed with a procedure known as a cerclage.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth THE BOSTON WOMEN’S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE 2008
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Putting patients on bed rest didn't help, and sewing the cervix closed -- a surgical procedure called a cerclage -- was controversial because decades of research had failed to prove it worked.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com M.D. Adam Wolfberg 2012
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Yaw had a procedure called a cerclage, which sews the cervix shut to reinforce it, before she delivered Peyton.
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For women with these risk factors, caregivers may recommend options such as bed rest, medications, and cervical cerclage, to stop preterm labor and prevent a premature birth.
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010
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For women with these risk factors, caregivers may recommend options such as bed rest, medications, and cervical cerclage, to stop preterm labor and prevent a premature birth.
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010
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Consider cervical cerclage surgical suturing of the cervix.
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010
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Consider cervical cerclage surgical suturing of the cervix.
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010
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