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intact dilation and extraction

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.80 in modern English

Syllables
in-tac-t di-la-tion and ex-trac-tion
IPA
40
Scrabble Score
27
Letters
7
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A late-term surgical abortion procedure, involving (in order) dilation of the cervix, removal of the fetus from the uterus to the shoulders, and emptying of the fetal cranium to allow for easier passage of the head through the cervix and vagina.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

intact dilation and extractions (plural)

Synonyms

IDX dilation and extraction intact dilation and evacuation intrauterine cranial decompression partial-birth abortion

Questions

What does intact dilation and extraction mean?
A late-term surgical abortion procedure, involving (in order) dilation of the cervix, removal of the fetus from the uterus to the shoulders, and emptying of the fetal cranium to allow for easier passage of the head through the cervix and vagina.

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