| 单词 | dilation and evacuation |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdilation and evacuation dilation and evacuation n. Surgery a method of performing abortion, chiefly in the second or third trimester of pregnancy, by dilation of the cervix and a combination of curettage and vacuum aspiration to remove the fetus; cf. intact dilation and evacuation n. at intact adj. Additions. ΚΠ 1974 Bucks County Courier Times (Levittown, Pennsylvania) 28 Mar. 24/3 The dilation and evacuation method is most commonly used to abort fetuses up to the age of 12 weeks. 1989 E. Keynes & R. K. Miller Court vs. Congress ix. 270 The dissenters claimed that most postviability abortions are emergency procedures that usually employ dilation and evacuation, in which case there is no chance for fetal survival. 2005 New Yorker (Nexis) 28 Nov. 70 The law..was so vaguely worded that it would have banned not only D & X abortions but also the much more common ‘dilation and evacuation’ (D & E) procedure. < as lemmas |
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