curet
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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They operated with a tiny chisel-like instrument called an osteotome in addition to a set of instruments called curettes, "which look like little sharp ice cream scoops," said Stewart.
From Salon
A doctor can also remove the wax with irrigation or curettes.
From Fox News
Here she uses that wit, gently but insistently, like a hygienist with a curet, to scrape away the social surface of her marriage.
From New York Times
Also uterine hemorrhage, attended with cramps and expulsion of clots, has been relieved by it after curetting had failed.
From Project Gutenberg
I saw a doctor there and he wanted me to go to the hospital and have my womb curetted, but I did not feel like having that done.
From Project Gutenberg
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