DILATION-AND-CURETTAGE

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DILATION-AND-CURETTAGE

check date: 25/08/2001
checker: Pamela
subject field: medicine: diagnostic procedure
input date: 19/12/2000
originator: Claudia
URL: http://www.yourhealth.com/ahl/2156.html

originator: Arianne
origination date: 27/02/2001

URL: http://www.tuotromedico.com/temas/legrado_uterino.htm

originator: Arianne
origination date: 27/02/2001

Conceptual Structures
ISA	BIOPSY
ANCESTORS	ALL BIOPSY DIAGNOSTIC-PROCEDURE EVENT HEALTH-SERVE INVASIVE-DIAGNOSTIC-TEST MEDICAL-SERVE PROFESSIONAL-SERVICE-EVENT SERVICE-EVENT SOCIAL-EVENT WORK-ACTIVITY
RELATIONS	AFFECTS-BODY-PART : UTERUS CERVIX PURPOSE : BIOPSY USED-IN-THE-DIAGNOSTIC-TEST-FOR : MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-CERVIX-UTERI

English
dilation and curettage	term type: main entry term part of speech: noun number: singular reliability code: 10 definition: dilation of the cervix and scraping of the uterus with an instrument known as a curette. The cells obtained are biopsied. This is a diagnostic procedure for cervical cancer. (en)
D & C	cross-reference: definition: DILATION-AND-CURETTAGE term type: acronym part of speech: noun number: singular reliability code: 10

Spanish
dilatación y curetaje	term type: main entry term part of speech: noun gender: feminine number: singular reliability code: 10 definition: dilatación del cuello uterino y raspado del útero para obtener material para diagnóstico histológico. Este procedimiento se utiliza para la detección del cáncer cervical. (es)
D y C	term type: acronym part of speech: noun gender: feminine number: singular reliability code: 10 definition: dilatación del cuello uterino y raspado del útero para obtener material para diagnóstico histológico. Este procedimiento se utiliza para la detección del cáncer cervical. (es)