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Vacuum Aspiration

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Noun

1. suction curettage, vacuum aspiration

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

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Vacuum Aspiration

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noun
medicine
a method of abortion in which the foetus is sucked out through a tube inserted in the uterus

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Vacuum Aspiration

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n.
A method of abortion performed during the first trimester of pregnancy in which the contents of the uterus are withdrawn through a narrow tube. Also called suction curettage, vacuum curettage.

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