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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity;
[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]