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IDX

IDX is the initialism of intact dilation and extraction.

Meaning of intact dilation and extraction

Noun

intact dilation and extraction (countable and uncountable, plural intact dilation and extractions)

  1. A late-term surgical abortion procedure, involving (in order) dilation of the cervix, removal of the fetus from the uterus to the shoulders, and emptying of the fetal cranium to allow for easier passage of the head through the cervix and vagina.

Questions about IDX

What is IDX the initialism of?
IDX is the initialism of intact dilation and extraction.

Words near IDX in the dictionary

  1. IDV
  2. IDVA
  3. IDVAs
  4. IDW
  5. IDWA
  6. IDX
  7. idyl
  8. idylist
  9. idylists
  10. idyll
  11. idyllian

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: IDX (page history and authors); intact dilation and extraction (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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