dilatation and curettage(n = noun.act) d and c, 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;
is a kind of operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
has parts: curettage, curettement

curettage, dilatation, dilation and curettage, suction curettage