Overview of noun dilation_and_curettage

The noun dilation and curettage has 1 sense

• dilation and curettage, dilatation and curettage, D and C -- (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)