(n) 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, Syn.dilatation and curettage, D and C
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
n. [ From dilate, v., cf. Dilatation, Dilator. ] The act of dilating, or the state of being dilated; expansion; dilatation. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]
At first her eye with slow dilation rolled. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
A gigantic dilation of the hateful figure. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]
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