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curette

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cu·rette also cu·ret  (ky-rt)
n.
A surgical instrument shaped like a scoop or spoon, used to remove tissue or growths from a body cavity.
[French, from Old French, from curer, to cure, from Latin crre, to take care of, from cra, care; see cure.]
curette or curet
Noun
a surgical instrument for scraping tissue from body cavities
Verb
[-retting, -retted]
to scrape with a curette [French]
curettage n
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Noun1.curette - a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity
curet
surgical instrument - a medical instrument used in surgery
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