D AND C
Dictionary entry overview: What does D and C mean? • D AND C (noun)
The noun D AND C has 1 sense:
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
Familiarity information: D AND C used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• D AND C (noun)
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
D and C; dilatation and curettage; dilation and curettage
Hypernyms ("D and C" is a kind 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)
Meronyms (parts of "D and C"):
curettage; curettement (surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette)
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