Search Result for "purse-string operation":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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;
[syn: Shirodkar's operation, purse-string operation]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

purse-string operation
    n 1: 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 [syn:
         Shirodkar's operation, purse-string operation]