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Noun: purse-string operation
  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
    - Shirodkar's operation

Derived forms: purse-string operations

Type of: op [informal], operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process

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