Search Result for "dilatation_and_curettage":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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;
[syn: dilation and curettage, dilatation and curettage, D and C]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

dilatation and curettage n 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 [syn: dilation and curettage, dilatation and curettage, D and C]