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Noun d and c has 1 sense

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