| Noun | 1. | D and C - 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 abortioncurettage, curettement - surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette | |