See Also: imprest(1)(dictionary)
imprest(dictionary)
imprest(2)(dictionary)
Imprest Fund(money)
Dilatation(medicine)
dilatation(dictionary)
Dilatation(health)
digital dilatation(medicine)
dilatation, pathologic(medicine)
dilatation and curettage(medicine)

Dilatation and curettage (health) and imprest (iou)


Dilatation and curettage (health)


A minor operation in which the cervix is expanded enough (dilatation) to permit the cervical canal and uterine lining to be scraped with a curet (or curette), an instrument shaped like a spoon. This procedure also is called D and C.





imprest (iou)



imprest noun & adjective. M16.
[from IM-1 + PREST noun1, prob. partly after in prest (see PREST noun1), though im- appears in medieval Latin cognates (cf. IMPREST verb1). See also IMPRESS noun4.]
A. noun.
Money advanced to a person for use in State business. Formerly also, advance pay for those in military and naval service. M16.
gen. An advance, a loan. L17.
J. le Carre He..lavished a sizable part of our secret imprest on encouraging more breeds of trout.
Comb.: imprest system Commerce a system under which a person is advanced a fixed sum of money to meet expenses and at the end of a definite period is advanced a further sum equal to the amount spent, so as to restore the float to the original amount.
B. adjective. Of money: lent or paid in advance, esp. to those in military, naval, or public service. L16-M18.