Curette

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 [gcide]:

  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.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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