Curetting

3 definitions found

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]:



  curetting
       See {curet}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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