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SHIRODKAR'S OPERATION

• SHIRODKAR'S OPERATION (noun)
The noun SHIRODKAR'S OPERATION has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: SHIRODKAR'S OPERATION used as a noun is very rare.

• SHIRODKAR'S OPERATION (noun)

Sense 1

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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 pregnancies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

purse-string operation; Shirodkar's operation

Hypernyms ("Shirodkar's 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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