dilation and curettage vs surgery

dilation and curettage and surgery both are nouns.

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

As nouns, surgery is a hypernym of dilation and curettage; that is, surgery 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
surgery: 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 operation, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process.

dilation and curettage (noun)	surgery (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
	a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations
	a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted
	the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures

dilation and curettage vs surgery

dilation and curettage and surgery both are nouns.

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