- a variation of curette.
curet
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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 ● Feb. 21, 2018
By-and-by, the paroxysms are less frequent, in proportion as the curet approaches.
From The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" by Alexandre Dumas père
Some hinted at Natura, Mit her olt vis sanatrix, Boot eash doktor shvore he curet him, Und de rest were taugenix.
From The Breitmann Ballads by Charles Godfrey Leland
Fistulous openings in either of the flaps a, a must now be carefully curetted and dressed, and the flaps allowed to fall into position.
From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Harry Caulton Reeks
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 Treatise on the Diseases of Women by Lydia Estes Pinkham
This is probably a fistulous track that should be curetted by a veterinarian, after which the following formula could be used to heal: Acetanilide, 1/2 ounce; zinc oxide, 1/4 ounce; bismuth subgalate, 1 1/4 ounce.
From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Edward J. (Edward James) Wickson
Should our case of quittor be complicated by caries of the bone, this must, where possible, be scraped or curetted until the whole of the diseased portion is removed, and a healthy surface is left.
From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Harry Caulton Reeks
When at all diseased the glenoidal surface of the navicular bone should be curetted, even to the extent of the removal of the whole of the cartilage.
From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Harry Caulton Reeks
The wound proper is cleared of all foreign material either by clipping with the scissors, curetting or mopping with cotton or gauze pledgets.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix
Also uterine hemorrhage, attended with cramps and expulsion of clots, has been relieved by it after curetting had failed.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz
There is, indeed, no surer way of checking or of stopping a metrorrhagia than by curetting the womb during the very flow.
From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism by Havelock Ellis
The local treatment consists in thorough curetting and the subsequent application of a mildly stimulating ointment.
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Henry Weightman Stelwagon
The administration of moderate to large doses of potassium iodide, conjointly with curetting or excision of the diseased mass.
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Henry Weightman Stelwagon
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