Usually means: Surgical removal of uterine contents.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. dilation and curettage: Merriam-Webster
  2. dilation and curettage: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dilation and curettage: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dilation and curettage: Collins English Dictionary
  5. dilation and curettage: Vocabulary.com
  6. dilation and curettage: Wiktionary
  7. dilation and curettage: Dictionary.com
  8. Dilation and curettage: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. dilation and curettage: Rhymezone
  10. dilation and curettage: FreeDictionary.org
  11. dilation and curettage: Mnemonic Dictionary
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Medicine (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. dilation and curettage: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Breast Cancer Talking Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Endometrial Cancer Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Dilation and curettage (D and C): Merck Manuals
  5. Dilation and curettage: MedFriendly Glossary
  6. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  7. dilation and curettage: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  8. A-Z Family health glossary (No longer online)
  9. dilation and curettage: Medical dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (dilation and curettage)

▸ noun:  (medicine) A surgical procedure in which the cervix is dilated and the lining of the uterus is scraped with a curet.

Similar:
dilatation and curettage, D and C, curettage, curette, Curet, conization, cervical conization, conisation, colposcopy, cerclage, more...

Opposite:
constriction, compression, contraction

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Similar:
dilatation and curettage, D and C, curettage, curette, Curet, conization, cervical conization, conisation, colposcopy, cerclage, more...

Opposite:
constriction, compression, contraction



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