scraping curette

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• Curette — Illustration from a United States patent for an ornate curette (Michelson, 1988) A curette is a surgical instrument designed for scraping biological tissue or debris in a biopsy, excision, or cleaning procedure. In form, the curette is a small… …   Wikipedia

• Curette — A spoon shaped instrument with a sharp edge. The word "curette" comes from the French and means a "scraper." The French verb "curer" is "to scrape clean." * * * cu·rette also cu·ret kyu̇ ret n a surgical… …   Medical dictionary

• curette — /kjuˈrɛt / (say kyooh ret) noun 1. a scoop shaped surgical instrument used for removing diseased tissue from body cavities such as the uterus, etc. 2. Medicine a. the scraping of a cavity, especially the uterus, with a curette. b. such a… …  

• curette — [kjʊə rɛt] noun a small surgical instrument used to remove material by a scraping action, especially from the uterus. verb clean or scrape with a curette. Origin C18: from Fr., from curer cleanse …   English new terms dictionary

• curette —   n. surgical instrument for scraping sides of body cavity; v.t. use a curette on.    ♦ curettage, n. use of this …   Dictionary of difficult words

• curette — n. & v. n. a surgeon s small scraping instrument. v.tr. & intr. clean or scrape with a curette. Etymology: F, f. curer cleanse (as CURE) …   Useful english dictionary

• curette — n. a spoon shaped instrument for scraping tissue from a cavity (see curettage, dilatation and curettage) …   The new mediacal dictionary

• Curettage — The removal of growths or other material from the wall of a cavity or other surface, as with a curet. A curet, or curette, is a spoon shaped instrument with a sharp edge. The word curette comes from French and means a scraper. The verb curer… …   Medical dictionary

• curettage — /kyoor i tahzh , kyoo ret ij/, n. Surg. the process of curetting. Cf. D and C. [1895 1900; < F, equiv. to curette CURETTE + age AGE] * * * ▪ surgery       surgical scraping, usually of the lining of a body cavity, to clean it of foreign matter,… …   Universalium

• Earwax — Wet type human earwax on a cotton swab Earwax, also known by the medical term cerumen, is a yellowish waxy substance secreted in the ear canal of humans and other mammals. It protects the skin of the human ear canal, assists in cleaning and… …   Wikipedia

• curettage — cu ret*tage (k[=u] r[e^]*t[aum]zh or k[=u]*r[e^]t [asl]j), n. surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette; the act of scraping with a curette. Syn: curettement. [WordNet 1.5] || …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English