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curettage
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun curettage has 1 sense
- curettage(n = noun.act) curettement - surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette; Array has particulars: suction curettage, vacuum aspiration
is a part of d and c, dilatation and curettage, dilation and curettage
is a kind of operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
CIDE DICTIONARY
curettage, 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. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
curettage, n. the use of or an operation involving the use of a curette.
Etymology
F (as CURETTE)
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