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D&C
noun
- a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
D and C
noun
- med dilation and curettage; a therapeutic or diagnostic procedure in obstetrics and gynaecology involving dilation of the cervix and curettage of the cavity of the uterus, as for abortion
Word History and Origins
Origin of D&C1
Example Sentences
The chain plans to open 21 new stores across a dozen states and Washington, D.C, this year, the company said.
Instead, he started his own independent platform, the Washington, D.C.-based Zeteo.
Instead, the rollback of some of the nation’s key environmental safeguards could lead to nearly 200,000 additional premature deaths in the next 25 years; cause more than 10,000 extra asthma attacks each day; and cost the public six dollars for every dollar supposedly saved by regulated industries, according to a recent analysis from the Environmental Protection Network, a D.C.-based group composed of more than 600 former EPA workers.
Eli Tucker, a D.C.-area real estate agent, said that he’s seeing interiors—which once featured nothing but shiplap and hardwood—get a touch more homey and retro: “You might hang wallpaper in, say, the powder room,” he mused.
Ali Herischi, a Washington, D.C.-based human rights lawyer, has very limited contact with his dozen or so clients trapped in legal limbo in Panama.
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