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D And C

Definition: D And C

D And C

Noun

1. A surgical procedure usually performed under local anesthesia in which the cervix is dilated and the endometrial lining of the uterus is scraped with a curet; performed to obtain tissue samples or to stop prolonged bleeding or to remove small tumors or to remove fragments of placenta after childbirth or as a method of abortion.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: D And C

Synonyms: dilatation and curettage (n), dilation and curettage (n). (additional references)

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Commercial Usage: D And C

DomainTitle

Consumer Goods

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Anagrams: D And C

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-d-d-n"

-2 letters: add, and, cad, can, dad.

-3 letters: ad, an, na.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-d-d-n"
 

+1 letter: candid, danced.

 

+2 letters: candida, candids, candied, candled.

 

+3 letters: adducent, adducing, advanced, ascended, caddying, cadenced, candidas, candider, candidly, cladding, credenda, cyanided, deaconed, decadent, decanted, deckhand, dockhand, dockland, radicand, riddance, uncandid.

 

+4 letters: absconded, addicting, addiction, adducting, adduction, anteceded, candidacy, candidate, candidest, canoodled, claddings, cloudland, commanded, dachshund, dandiacal, decadence, decadency, decadents, decapodan, deckhands, descanted, dichondra, discanted, distanced, dockhands, docklands, dodecagon, hacendado, indicated, jaundiced, nonaddict, outdanced, radicands, riddances, scandaled, undercard.

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Alternative Orthography: D And C


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44      41 6E 64      43

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 00100000 01000001 01101110 01100100 00100000 01000011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#32 &#65 &#110 &#100 &#32 &#67

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044      0041 006E 0064      0043

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

382358070237

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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