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[syn: curette, curet]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Curette \Cu*rette"\ (k[.u]*r[e^]t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Curetted; p. pr. & vb. n. Curetting.] (Med.)
To scrape with a curette.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Curette \Cu*rette"\ (k[.u]*r[e^]t"), n. [F., fr. curer to
cleanse.] (Med.)
A scoop or ring with either a blunt or a cutting edge, for
removing substances from the walls of a cavity, as from the
eye, ear, or womb.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
curette
n 1: a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue
from a bodily cavity [syn: curette, curet]