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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A late-term surgical abortion in which the cervix is dilated and the fetus is partially delivered into the vagina before being extracted.
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- noun A
late-term surgical abortion procedure , involving (in order)dilation of thecervix , removal of thefetus from theuterus to theshoulders , andemptying of the fetalcranium to allow for easierpassage of thehead through the cervix andvagina .
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