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purse-string operation

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Noun purse-string operation has 1 sense
  1. Shirodkar's operation, purse-string operation - 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
    --1 is a kind of operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
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