dilation and extraction

American  

[dahy-ley-shuhn uhnd ik-strak-shuhn, dih‐] / daɪˈleɪ ʃən ənd ɪkˈstræk ʃən, dɪ‐ /

noun

Medicine/Medical.

1. a late-term abortion in which the fetus is removed through the dilated cervix, the cranial contents being evacuated by suction. D&E, D and E; D&X, D and X

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Example Sentences

In the 1990s, anti-abortion activists got a leaked copy of a paper that was presented at the annual conference of the National Abortion Federation describing a procedure called dilation and extraction.

From Slate

According to a 2018 report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, dilation and extraction is “effective with minimal rates of complications, ranging from 0.05 to 4 percent.”

From New York Times

Amy Hagstrom Miller: D&E is an abbreviation for dilation and extraction.

From Slate

Following a lawsuit by abortion providers, a trial court permanently blocked the law, finding it would have made it impossible to perform the abortion procedure known as dilation and extraction.

From Seattle Times

The laws, passed by Arkansas’ Legislature in 2017, include a ban on the second trimester procedure known as dilation and extraction.

From Seattle Times