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Curette
: A spoon-shaped instrument with a sharp edge. The word "curette" comes from the French and means a "scraper." The French verb "curer" is "to scrape clean."

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cu·rette also cu·ret kyu̇-'ret n a surgical instrument that has a scoop, loop, or ring at its tip and is used in performing curettage
curette also curet vt, cu·rett·ed; cu·rett·ing to perform curettage on
cu·rette·ment kyu̇-'ret-mənt n

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n.
a spoon-shaped instrument for scraping tissue from a cavity (see curettage, dilatation and curettage).

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cu·rette (ku-retґ) [Fr.] curet.

Medical dictionary. 2011.