curetten.
/kjʊəˈrɛt/ Surgery.
A small surgical instrument like a scoop, used in removing a cataract from the eye, wax from the ear, granulations, dried mucus, etc., from the throat, uterine cavity, bladder, etc. Also, a suction-instrument used in the removal of a soft cataract.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical instruments > [noun] > scoops or gouges
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1739 J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. lxxvii. 271 I took off a Quantity of incrustated Gravel with the Currette.
1754 S. Sharp in Philos. Trans. 1753 (Royal Soc.) 48 325 I then passed the curette (a little scoop) through the pupil.
1869 J. S. Wells Dis. Eye 253 The convexity of the curette is to be placed against the edge of the cornea.
Derivatives
cuˈrette v. to scrape with a curette.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > removal by surgical means > remove by surgical means [verb (transitive)] > scrape
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1888 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 11 Feb. 288 My present practice is to curette in every case of disease affecting..the uterine mucous membrane.
cuˈretting n.
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1890 Braithwaite Retrospect Med. CII. 108 Antiseptic curetting in Endometritis (Puerperal).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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