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• n  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 abortion

• dilation and curettage
• dilatation and curettage
• D and C

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• Gun rights activist arrested after loading gun on video in D.C. park
  A libertarian activist who videotaped himself loading a shotgun in a Washington, D.C., park on July Fourth and posted it on YouTube was arrested Tuesday evening at his home in northern Virginia, according to a press release posted on his website. Adam Kokesh, a former Marine and libertarian activist, was arrested and charged by the [...]
  July 10, 2013 - Yahoo! News