What does dilatation and curettage mean?
• DILATATION AND CURETTAGE (noun) The noun DILATATION AND CURETTAGE has 1 sense: 1. 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 Familiarity information: DILATATION AND CURETTAGE used as a noun is very rare.