dilation and curettage

Noun
  1. 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 (synset 100671493)
    is a type 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
    has: curettage, curettement - surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette
    same as: d and c, dilatation and curettage

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