Term: shirodkar's 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
Candidate hypernym: operation: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body → 1
Candidate hypernym: campmate: someone who lives in the same camp you do → 0
Candidate hypernym: middleweight: an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 165 pounds → 0
Candidate hypernym: fistulinaceae: a family of fungi closely related to the family Polyporaceae except that the tubes on the undersurface of the cap are separate from each other → 0
Candidate hypernym: chopine: a woman's shoe with a very high thick sole → 0
Candidate hypernym: flannel: a soft light woolen fabric; used for clothing → 0
Candidate hypernym: acetabulum: the cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint → 0
Candidate hypernym: accentual system: the system of accentuation used in a particular language → 0
Candidate hypernym: glossolalia: repetitive nonmeaningful speech (especially that associated with a trance state or religious fervor) → 0
Candidate hypernym: bachelor: a man who has never been married → 0
Candidate hypernym: poleax: an ax used to slaughter cattle; has a hammer opposite the blade → 0