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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

通常は局所麻酔下で行われ、子宮頸部を拡張して子宮内膜をキュレットで掻爬する外科的手術；組織サンプルの採取、持続出血の止血、小さな腫瘍の切除、分娩後の遺残胎盤の除去、または人工妊娠中絶の方法として行われる