Noun d and c has 1 sense
  1. dilation and curettage, dilatation and curettage, D and C - 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
    --1 is a kind of operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
    --1 has parts: curettage, curettement
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