dilatation and curettage (redirected from D & C)

dilatation and curettage

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Dilation and curettage.

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dilatation and curettage - 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 D and C, dilation and curettage curettage, curettement - surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, surgery, operation - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery"