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DILATION AND CURETTAGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A surgical procedure usually performed under local anesthesia in which the cervix is dilated and the endometrial lining of the uterus is scraped with a curet; performed to obtain tissue samples or to stop prolonged bleeding or to remove small tumors or to remove fragments of placenta after childbirth or as a method of abortion
Synonyms:
D and C; dilatation and curettage; dilation and curettage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("dilation and curettage" is a kind of...):
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)
Meronyms (parts of "dilation and curettage"):
curettage; curettement (surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette)
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