See Also: Cervical incompetence(health)
Incompetence(law)
incompetence(dictionary)
incompetence(dictionary)
Incompetence(medicine)
pyloric incompetence(medicine)
mitral incompetence(medicine)
cardiac incompetence(medicine)
pulmonary incompetence(medicine)
cervix incompetence(medicine)

Cervical incompetence (health)


A condition in which the cervix, under pressure from the growing uterus, opens before a pregnancy has reached term. Can cause miscarriage in the second trimester or preterm labor in the third, but can be treated by surgical reinforcement of the cervical muscle (called cerclage).