curettage
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of curettage
1895–1900; < French, equivalent to curette curette + -age -age
Example Sentences
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According to the complaint, the patient reported to Brock’s office in September 2018 for a dilation and curettage to remove remaining tissues from her uterus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2025
“You need a D&C,” she told them, referring to dilation and curettage, a common procedure for first-trimester miscarriages and abortions.
From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2024
In other cases, doctors might perform a procedure called electrodesiccation and curettage — or, as Connolly put it, a “burn and scrape” of skin growths.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 24, 2024
But when she requested the same surgical evacuation procedure, called dilation and curettage, or D&C, she said the hospital told her no.
From New York Times ● Jul. 17, 2022
The other method consists in prompt establishment of drainage by surgical means and includes exploration and curettage.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
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