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| cu·rette [ kyoo rét ] or cu·ret [ kyoo rét ] |
noun (plural cu·rettes) (plural cu·rets) |
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surgical instrument for scraping: a spoon-shaped surgical instrument used to remove tissue from the inner surface of a body cavity
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transitive verb (past and past participle cu·ret·ted, present participle cu·ret·ting, 3rd person present singular cu·rettes) (past and past participle cu·ret·ted, present participle cu·ret·ting, 3rd person present singular cu·rets) |
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remove tissue by scraping: to scrape tissue from the inner surface of a body cavity using a curette
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| [Mid-18th century. < French< curer "clean out" < Latin curare (see cure)] |
