D & Cabbr. dilation and curettageAmerican Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.D & CStands for dilatation and curettage, surgery to widen the cervix and scrape out tissue from inside uterus; used to treat abnormal bleeding.Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited