Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The removal of tissue or growths from a body cavity, such as the uterus, by scraping with a curette.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The application of the curette; the scraping away of granulations and the like with a curette.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette; the act of scraping with a curette.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine The
removal of unwantedtissue from a bodycavity using acurette .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette
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Examples
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I believe that dilation and curettage is the only method of abortion used, legally or illegally by most physicians in this country.
One Woman's Abortion Mrs. X 1969
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I believe that dilation and curettage is the only method of abortion used, legally or illegally by most physicians in this country.
One Woman's Abortion Mrs. X 1965
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In either event, a surgical procedure, known as curettage, affords the most likely means of restoring it to a healthful state.
The Prospective Mother, a Handbook for Women During Pregnancy 1912
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Eugene Debs sponsered by the Church of the presumptious assumption says: curettage
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Johnny Barton says: curettage, question: When do the hearings begin?
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A "simple" D and C dilation and curettage to evacuate the contents of the womb, followed by close monitoring from an oncologist, would probably mean a return to good health in about a year, he said.
Nancy Cronk: In Praise of Midwives: Having a Baby Is Not an Illness Nancy Cronk 2011
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A "simple" D and C dilation and curettage to evacuate the contents of the womb, followed by close monitoring from an oncologist, would probably mean a return to good health in about a year, he said.
Nancy Cronk: In Praise of Midwives: Having a Baby Is Not an Illness Nancy Cronk 2011
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A “dilation and curettage” is a surgical procedure designed to clean out the uterus after a miscarriage.
Times Two Kristen Henderson 2011
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A “dilation and curettage” is a surgical procedure designed to clean out the uterus after a miscarriage.
Times Two Kristen Henderson 2011
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Johnny Barton says: curettage, question: When do the hearings begin?
trivet commented on the word curettage
Eeew!
November 21, 2008
reesetee commented on the word curettage
Double eeew.
November 21, 2008
hernesheir commented on the word curettage
"For what amount shall we open credit?", in the abrupt notation of railroad telegraphy. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013