Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun purse-string_operation

1 sense of purse-string operation

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)
       => operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process -- (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery")