dilation and curettage vs operation

dilation and curettage and operation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dilation and curettage	Yes	No	No	No
operation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, operation is a hypernym of dilation and curettage; that is, operation is a word with a broader meaning than dilation and curettage:

dilation 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
operation: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body

Other hypernyms of dilation and curettage include surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process.

dilation and curettage (noun)	operation (noun)
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	a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
	(mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods
	activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)
	a planned activity involving many people performing various actions
	a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
	a business especially one run on a large scale
	the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.)
	(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents
	(computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction)
	process or manner of functioning or operating
	the state of being in effect or being operative

dilation and curettage vs operation

dilation and curettage and operation both are nouns.

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