curette

Also cu·ret

[kyoo-ret]

noun

1. a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.

verb (used with object)

curetted, curetting 

1. to scrape with a curette.

curette

/ kjʊəˈrɛt /

noun

1. a surgical instrument for removing dead tissue, growths, etc, from the walls of certain body cavities

verb

1. (tr) to scrape or clean with such an instrument

Word History and Origins

Origin of curette¹

First recorded in 1745–55; from French, equivalent to cur(er) “to cleanse” + -ette feminine noun suffix; -ette, cure

Word History and Origins

Origin of curette¹

C18: from French, from curer to heal, make clean; see _cure

Example Sentences

Her grooming introduced me to the ear spoon — a long-handled curette, also known as an ear pick, ear picker or ear scoop, that is a common implement in Asian households.

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Usually, earwax can be safely removed by softening it with water, saline or commercial ear drops and then through gentle syringing or manual extraction with a device called a curette.

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Then commonly the entire ovum comes away with the gauze, or what remains of it is taken out with a curette.

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A probe is then passed into the ostium, and the anterior wall of the sinus is removed with a curette or rongeur forceps.

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The Médecin Chef took a curette, a little scoop, and scooped away the dead flesh, the dead muscles, the dead nerves, the dead blood-vessels.

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