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curette

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Noun, Verb (transitive)

HYPHEN

cu=rette

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun curette has 1 sense

curette(n = noun.artifact) curet - a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity; Array

is a kind of surgical instrument

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CIDE DICTIONARY

curette, n. [F., fr. curer to cleanse.].

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. [1913 Webster]

curette, v. t.

To scrape with a curette. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

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)

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