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dilation and extraction

Medicine/Medical.
a late-term abortion in which the fetus is removed through the dilated cervix, the cranial contents being evacuated by suction. Abbreviation: D & E, D & X
Also called dilatation and extraction, intact dilatation and extraction.
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dilation and extraction  
n.   Abbr. D & E or D & X
A surgical procedure in which the cervix is dilated and the early products of conception are removed from the uterus.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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