intact dilation and extraction
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Related to intact dilation and extraction: Partial birth abortion, D&X
intact dilation and extraction
n.
Abbr. intact D & X or IDX A late-term surgical abortion in which the cervix is dilated and the fetus is partially delivered into the vagina before being extracted. Also called intact dilation and evacuation, partial-birth abortion.
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