| 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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| cervical cerclage | Encircling of an incompetant cervix (one that is abnormally liable to dilate), with a ring or loop, to prevent a miscarriage. (12 Dec 1998) |
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