dilation and curettage - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

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

More generic

• operation
• surgery
• surgical operation
• surgical procedure
• surgical process

Related

• curettage
• curettement

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