curette

== English == === Alternative forms === curet === Etymology === Borrowed from French curette, from curer (“to clean out, scrape out”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kjʊˈɹɛt/ Rhymes: -ɛt === Noun === curette (plural curettes) (medicine, dentistry) A hand-held surgical instrument, often with a scoop or hook at its tip, used for cleaning or debriding biological tissue. 2020, Yu Matsumoto, 10: Bone Curette Handle for Improved Bone Removal in Endoscopic Ear Surgery, Seiji Kakehata, Tsukasa Ito, Daisuke Yamauchi (editors), Innovations in Endoscopic Ear Surgery, Springer, page 86, Curettes with an octagonal-shaped shaft are readily available and widely distributed in Japan. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === curette (third-person singular simple present curettes, present participle curetting, simple past and past participle curetted) (transitive, medicine) To scrape with a curette. ==== Translations ==== == French == === Noun === curette f (plural curettes) curette === Further reading === “curette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012