dilation and curettage   (TTS Sound)

The dilation_and_curettage has 1 Senses.

• dilation and curettage, d and c, dilatation 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
• 通常は局所麻酔をして実施する子宮頸管を広げて子宮の子宮内膜をキュレットでかき取る手術方法