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    DILATION AND CURETTAGE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     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 abortionplay

    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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