Found 2 items, similar to Curette.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: curette
curette
n : a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue
from a bodily cavity [syn:
curet]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Curette
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.]
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]