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cerclage, n. Med.
(sɜːˈklɑːʒ, ‖ sɛrklaʒ)
Also in anglicized form circlage.
[a. F. cerclage, lit. ‘encirclement’.]
The use of a ring or loop to bind together the ends of an obliquely fractured bone or encircle the os of an incompetent cervix.
1920in Stedman Med. Dict. (ed. 6). 1961Amer. Jrnl. Obstetr. & Gynecol. LXXXI. 469/1 Planned circlage operations and prophylactic procedures, particularly when based on a history only, raise the question as to whether hazards to the mother and the pregnancy justify such procedures. 1965Obstetr. & Gynecol. XXV. 145/2 Cerclage should be delayed until the second trimester, to be done preferably after the fourteenth week. 1981Lancet 13 June 1320/1 The operation of cerclage for pregnant women with a history of ‘cervical incompetence’ has been in use for a quarter of a century, yet there is no general agreement as to the appropriate indications. |