curette

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

curette
    n 1: a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue
         from a bodily cavity [syn: {curette}, {curet}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Curette \Cu*rette"\ (k[.u]*r[e^]t"), n. [F., fr. curer to
   cleanse.] (Med.)
   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]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Curette \Cu*rette"\ (k[.u]*r[e^]t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Curetted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Curetting}.] (Med.)
   To scrape with a curette.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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