noun
surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette
• Syn: ↑curettage
• Hypernyms: ↑operation, ↑surgery, ↑surgical operation, ↑surgical procedure, ↑surgical process
• Hyponyms: ↑suction curettage, ↑vacuum aspiration
• Part Holonyms: ↑dilation and curettage, ↑dilatation and curettage, ↑D and C
Useful english dictionary. 2012.