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curet

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[kyoo-ret] / kjʊˈrɛt /

noun

curetted, curetting
  1. a variant of curette.


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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

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 Leland, Charles Godfrey

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 Dumas père, Alexandre

The ulcers should be scraped or curetted and cauterized with lunar caustic, and the mouth washed daily with a two per cent water solution of a cresol disinfectant.

From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by Craig, R. A., D. V. M.

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 Reeks, Harry Caulton

Or, if its progress is slow, and grave systemic disturbance be present, the whole part may be incised and curetted, and then treated antiseptically.

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 Stelwagon, Henry Weightman

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 Wickson, Edward J. (Edward James)

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 Reeks, Harry Caulton

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 Ellis, Havelock

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 Anshutz, Edward Pollock

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 Stelwagon, Henry Weightman

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 Stelwagon, Henry Weightman

Bloodgood advises the use of Esmarch's tourniquet, and that the curetting be followed by painting with pure carbolic acid and then rinsing with alcohol; a rod of bone is inserted to fill the gap.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

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