To some, it describes a particular procedure that physicians call "intact dilation and extraction."

In Mrs. Klein's case, doctors planned a procedure called dilation and evacuation.

It is also sometimes called dilation and extraction.

This is called intraluminal intubation and dilation.

The vote was 295 to 136, a more lopsided showing than any of the three previous votes on banning the procedure, which doctors call intact dilation and extraction.

The vetoed bill would have criminalized only one - a technique called dilation and extraction - that medical experts say is the safest of the three.

The ban's proponents cloak their strategy by directing attention to a rare medical procedure used in late-term abortions called "intact dilation and extraction."

The ban criminalizes a procedure that doctors call intact dilation and extraction, which is sometimes used to terminate pregnancies after the first trimester.

When the scale factor is larger than 1, (uniform or non-uniform) scaling is sometimes also called dilation or enlargement.

Or a procedure called dilation and curettage (D&C) is used to empty the uterus.