Synonyms and Antonyms of curettage

surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette (noun.act)

a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body (noun.act)

a method of induced abortion; prior to the 14th week of gestation the embryo and placenta are removed by applying suction to the dilated cervix (noun.act)

a surgical procedure usually performed under local anesthesia in which the cervix is dilated and the endometrial lining of the uterus is scraped with more.. 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 (noun.act)