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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)