Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun vacuum_aspiration

1 sense of vacuum aspiration

Sense 1
suction curettage, vacuum aspiration -- (a method of induced abortion; prior to the 14th week of gestation the embryo and placenta are removed by applying suction to the dilated cervix)
       => curettage, curettement -- (surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette)
       => induced abortion -- (a deliberate termination of pregnancy)