Definition of Cerclage

1. Noun. (medicine) The use of a wire loop to hold fragments of a fractured bone together ¹

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Medical Definition of Cerclage

1. Encircling with a ring, loop, wire, or ligature. Cerlage can be around bone fragments to hold them together. But it usually refers to the cervix. The word comes from the French circlage meaning an encircling. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cerclage

ceratozamia
ceraunics
cerauno-
ceraunoscopy
cercal
cercaria
cercariae
cercarial
cercarian
cercarians
cercarias
cerchiaraite
cerci
cercidosome
cercises
cerclage (current term)
cercocebus
cercocebus atys
cercocystis
cercomer
cercomonad
cercopithecid
cercopithecidae
cercopithecids
cercopithecinae
cercopithecine
cercopithecines
cercopithecoid
cercopithecoids
cercopithecus

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