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Definition of Dilation and curettage
1. 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.
Terms within: Curettage, Curettement
Generic synonyms: Operation, Surgery, Surgical Operation, Surgical Procedure, Surgical Process
Definition of Dilation and curettage
1. Noun. (medicine) A surgical procedure in which the cervix is dilated and the lining of the uterus is scraped with a curet. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Dilation and curettage
1. Dilation of the cervix and curettement of the endometrium. Acronym: D&C (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dilation And Curettage
Literary usage of Dilation and curettage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Gynaecological and Obstetrical Journal (1901)
"It would seem that we have certain definite limitations for a dilation and
curettage which may be summarized as follows: 1st. ..."
2. Manual of Gynecology by Henry Turman Byford (1902)
"13), followed by the Sound. passage of a large sound once a week, or, if necessary,
by Repeated, repeated dilation and curettage. ..."
3. Medical Chaos and Crime by Norman Barnesby (1910)
"To say nothing about the injury so often inflicted on it by the ignorant, through
bungling attempts at dilation and curettage, or maladroit trach- ..."
4. Medical gynecology by Howard Atwood Kelly (1912)
"Instruments used in dilation and curettage of the uterus 123 53. Cervix caught
and exposed by retracting the posterior vaginal wall .... 124 54. ..."
5. Health United States 1995: The Annual National Report on Health by Kate Prager, Diane M. Makuc, Jacob J. Feldman (1998)
"... 65.3-65.6 Bilateral destruction or occlusion of fallopian tubes 66.2-66.3
Hysterectomy 68.3-68.7, 68.9 Diagnostic dilation and curettage of uterus 69.09 ..."
6. Pain and Its Indications: An Analytical Outline of Diagnosis and Treatment by Edward Curtis Hill (1904)
"General tonic treatment of great importance— iron, arsenic, quinin, strychnin;
coal-tar products for relief of pain; dilation and curettage sometimes give ..."
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