noun. A surgical instrument shaped like a scoop or spoon, used to remove tissue or growths from a body cavity.

noun. A small surgical instrument for scooping or scraping away, or otherwise removing, substances which require removal, as ear-wax, a cataractous lens, stones in lithotomy, cysts, granulations, small polypi, and the like from the cavity of the uterus, or granulations and dried mucus from the throat.

To scrape with a curette.

transitive verb. To scrape with a curette.

noun. 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.

noun. A spoon-shaped surgical instrument for cleaning a diseased surface

noun. a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity

"Using an instrument called a curette, which looked like a tiny ice-cream scoop, and an oscillating bone saw, he shaved off cartilage from key areas, because he needed to fuse joints and prevent motion."

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