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Webster 1913 Edition

Curette

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Cu-rette′

(kụ-rĕt′)
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Noun.
[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.

Definition 2024

curette

curette

English

Noun

curette ‎(plural curettes)

  1. A spoon-shaped surgical instrument for cleaning a diseased surface.

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Verb

curette ‎(third-person singular simple present curettes, present participle curetting, simple past and past participle curetted)

  1. (transitive, medicine) To scrape with a curette.

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Etymology

Borrowing from French curette, from curer ‎(“to clean out, scrape out”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛt

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