Term: dilation and curettage: 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
Broader: operation: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body | Unrelated: formula: a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
Broader: operation: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body | Unrelated: hygrocybe: a genus of fungi belonging to the family Hygrophoraceae
Broader: operation: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body | Unrelated: judiciousness: good judgment
Broader: operation: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body | Unrelated: foreign aid: aid (such as economic or military assistance) provided to one nation by another
Broader: operation: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body | Unrelated: fata morgana: a mirage in the Strait of Messina (attributed to the Arthurian sorcerer Morgan le Fay)
Broader: operation: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body | Unrelated: bitewing: a dental X-ray film that can be held in place by the teeth during radiography
Broader: operation: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body | Unrelated: rebirth: the revival of learning and culture
Broader: operation: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body | Unrelated: cleridae: beetles that prey on other insects
Broader: operation: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body | Unrelated: yellow mariposa tulip: mariposa having clusters of a few large deep yellow bell-shaped flowers atop slender stems; California coastal ranges
Broader: operation: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body | Unrelated: locust: hardwood from any of various locust trees