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English 1 sense of the expression vacuum aspiration:
NOUNactvacuum aspiration, suction curettagea method of induced abortion
Englishvacuum aspiration: 1 sense noun 1, act
MeaningA method of induced abortion; prior to the 14th week of gestation / gestation the embryo and placenta are removed by applying suction to the dilated cervix.
Synonymsuction curettage
Broadercurettage, curettementsurgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette
induced abortionA deliberate termination of pregnancy

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