dilation and extraction
Medicine/Medical.
a late-term abortion in which the fetus is removed through the dilated cervix, the cranial contents being evacuated by suction. Abbreviation: D & E, D & X
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Also called dilatation and extraction, intact dilatation and extraction.
Words nearby dilation and extraction
dilatator, dilate, dilation, dilation and curettage, dilation and evacuation, dilation and extraction, dilative, dilatometer, dilator, dilatory, dilaudid
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