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VACUUM ASPIRATION

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Dictionary entry overview: What does vacuum aspiration mean?

• VACUUM ASPIRATION (noun)
The noun VACUUM ASPIRATION has 1 sense:

1. a method of induced abortion; prior to the 14th week of gestation the embryo and placenta are removed by applying suction to the dilated cervix

Familiarity information: VACUUM ASPIRATION used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• VACUUM ASPIRATION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A method of induced abortion; prior to the 14th week of gestation the embryo and placenta are removed by applying suction to the dilated cervix

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

suction curettage; vacuum aspiration

Hypernyms ("vacuum aspiration" is a kind of...):

induced abortion (a deliberate termination of pregnancy)

curettage; curettement (surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette)

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