- 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