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VACUUM ASPIRATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does vacuum aspiration mean?
• VACUUM ASPIRATION (noun)
The noun VACUUM ASPIRATION has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: VACUUM ASPIRATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
suction curettage; vacuum aspiration
Hypernyms ("vacuum aspiration" is a kind of...):
induced abortion (a deliberate termination of pregnancy)
curettage; curettement (surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette)
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