Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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curettement | Yes | No | No | No |
D and C | Yes | No | No | No |
curettement (noun) | D and C (noun) |
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surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette | 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 |