cerclage
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French cerclage (literally “encirclement”).
Noun
[edit]cerclage (countable and uncountable, plural cerclages)
- (medicine) The use of a wire loop to hold fragments of a fractured bone together; or to prevent dilation of the cervix in the case of incompetent cervix.
- 2015 July 4, Benjamin Bockmann et al., “Mid-term results of a less-invasive locking plate fixation method for proximal humeral fractures: a prospective observational study”, in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders[1], volume 16, :
- Additionally, there are two angular holes designated for wire cerclages and non-absorbable sutures that can be used for additional fixation of the greater tuberosity.
French
[edit]Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]cerclage m (plural cerclages)
Further reading
[edit]- “cerclage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.