menstrual extraction
noun
an abortion procedure involving suction aspiration of the uterine contents early in gestation, before the first missed menstrual period: sometimes performed later.
Origin of menstrual extraction
1First recorded in 1970–75
- Also called endometrial aspiration, vacuum aspiration, vacuum curettage .
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