CURETTE
\kjʊɹˈɛt], \kjʊɹˈɛt], \k_j_ʊ_ɹ_ˈɛ_t]\
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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.
By Oddity Software
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Spoon-shaped instrument for cleaning cavities.
By William R. Warner
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Procollagen Proline Dioxygenase
- mixed-function oxygenase that catalyzes hydroxylation prolyl-glycyl-containing-peptide, usually in protocollagen, hydroxyprolylglycyl-peptide. The enzyme utilizes molecular oxygen with a concomitant oxidative decarboxylation of 2-oxoglutarate to succinate. EC 1.14.11.2.