SUCTION CURETTAGE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A method of induced abortion; prior to the 14th week of gestation the embryo and placenta are removed by applying suction to the dilated cervix

Synonyms:

suction curettage; vacuum aspiration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("suction curettage" is a kind of...):

induced abortion (a deliberate termination of pregnancy)

curettage; curettement (surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette)

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