English Explanatory Dictionary

curette

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A hand-held surgical instrument, often with a scoop or hook at its tip, used for cleaning or debriding biological tissue.
verb
  1. To scrape with a curette.

Pronunciation

/kjʊˈɹɛt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-curette.wav

Word forms

curette curettes curetting curetted

Etymology

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

Derived words

curetter microcurette
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