1) Curet 2) French word used in English 3) Surgery instrument 4) Surgical instrument 5) Surgical instrument
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1) Curet 2) Scrape
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A curette is a surgical instrument designed for scraping or debriding biological tissue or debris in a biopsy, excision, or cleaning procedure. In form, the curette is a small hand tool, often similar in shape to a stylus; at the tip of the curette is a small scoop, hook, or gouge. The verb to curette means `to scrape with a curette`, and curett.....
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instrument for scraping sides of body cavities
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• (n.) 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. • (v. t.) To scrape with a curette.
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(from the article `curettage`) ...Typically, the term refers to the scraping of the wall of the uterus to obtain tissue for microscopic examination to determine the cause of ... ...of metal dilators while the patient is under anesthesia, after which a rigid suction tube is inserted into the uterus to evacuate its contents. ... [2 rel...
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A spoon-shaped instrument with a sharp edge.
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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. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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(ku-ret´) a loop, ring, or spoon-shaped instrument, attached to a handle and having sharp or blunt edges; used to scrape tissue from a surface. to remove growths or other material from the wall of a cavity or other surface, using a curette.
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A spoon-shaped surgical instrument with a sharp edge. It is used to scrape tissue from the skin or from an internal body surface.
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Cu·rette' (ku*rĕt')
noun [ French, from
curer to cleanse.]
(Medicine) 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.
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Cu·rette' transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Curetted ;
present participle & verbal noun Curetting .]
(Medicine) To scrape with a curette.
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An instrument for removing dead tissue from the wall of a cavity.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: kyū-ret′, kyū-ret′ Definitions: 1. Instrument in the form of a loop, ring, or scoop with sharpened edges, attached to a rod-shaped handle, used for curettage.
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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.'
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n] - a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity
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A surgical instrument shaped like a scoop and used to remove diseased or damaged parts of the body.
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curet noun a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity
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Archaic term for a cuirass.
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