CURETTE
\kjʊɹˈɛt], \kjʊɹˈɛt], \k_j_ʊ_ɹ_ˈɛ_t]\
Definitions of CURETTE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
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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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1. An instrument in the form of a loop, ring, or scoop, with sharpened edges, attached to a rod-shaped handle, employed to scrape the interior of a cavity for the removal of new growths or altered tissues. 2. To employ a curette.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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Spoon-shaped instrument for cleaning cavities.
By William R. Warner
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