Curettage

2 definitions found

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

  curettage \cu`ret*tage"\ (k[=u]`r[e^]*t[aum]zh" or
     k[=u]*r[e^]t"[asl]j), n.
     surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as
     the uterus) by scraping with a curette; the act of scraping
     with a curette.
  


     Syn: curettement.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  curettage
       n : surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as
           the uterus) by scraping with a curette [syn: {curettement}]