dilation and curettage

English

Noun

dilation and curettage (uncountable)

1. (medicine) A surgical procedure in which the cervix is dilated and the lining of the uterus is scraped with a curet.

Derived terms

• D and C (abbreviation)

Translations

surgical procedure

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 刮宮／刮宫 (zh) (guāgōng), 刮宫 (zh) (guāgōng)

• Finnish: kohdun kaavinta
• French: curetage (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Kürettage f, Curetage f
• Russian: абра́зия (ru) f (abrázija), соска́бливание (ru) n (soskáblivanije)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can