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Noun: vacuum aspiration
  1. 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
    - suction curettage

Derived forms: vacuum aspirations

Type of: abortion, curettage, curettement, induced abortion, termination

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