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VACUUM ASPIRATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A method of induced abortion; prior to the 14th week of gestation the embryo and placenta are removed by applying suction to the dilated cervix
Synonyms:
suction curettage; vacuum aspiration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("vacuum aspiration" is a kind of...):
induced abortion (a deliberate termination of pregnancy)
curettage; curettement (surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette)
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