See Also: cerclage(medicine)
Cerclage(health)
cerclage(dictionary)
cervical cerclage(medicine)
Cervical cerclage(health)

alterable (iou) and cerclage (medicine)


alterable (iou)



alterable adjective. LME.
[Old & mod. French alterable or medieval Latin alterabilis: see ALTER verb, -ABLE.]
Liable to alter or vary. LME-L17.
Able to be altered. L16.
altera'bility noun L17.
alterableness noun (rare) M17.

cerclage (medicine)


cerclage


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.