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cu·rette

also cu·ret (kyo͝o-rĕt′)

A surgical instrument shaped like a scoop or spoon, used to remove tissue or growths from a body cavity.

[French, from Old French, from curer, to cure, from Latin cūrāre, to take care of, from cūra, care; see cure.]

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curette

(kjʊəˈrɛt) or

curet

(Surgery) a surgical instrument for removing dead tissue, growths, etc, from the walls of certain body cavities

vb, -rettes, -rets, -retting or -retted

(Surgery) (tr) to scrape or clean with such an instrument

[C18: from French, from curer to heal, make clean; see cure]

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cu•rette

or cu•ret

(kyʊˈrɛt)

n., v. -ret•ted, -ret•ting. n.

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

v.t.

2. to scrape with a curette.

[1745–55; < French, =cur(er) to cleanse + -ette -ette. See cure]

curette

Past participle: curetted
Gerund: curetting

Imperative
curette
curette

Present
I curette
you curette
he/she/it curettes
we curette
you curette
they curette

Preterite
I curetted
you curetted
he/she/it curetted
we curetted
you curetted
they curetted

Present Continuous
I am curetting
you are curetting
he/she/it is curetting
we are curetting
you are curetting
they are curetting

Present Perfect
I have curetted
you have curetted
he/she/it has curetted
we have curetted
you have curetted
they have curetted

Past Continuous
I was curetting
you were curetting
he/she/it was curetting
we were curetting
you were curetting
they were curetting

Past Perfect
I had curetted
you had curetted
he/she/it had curetted
we had curetted
you had curetted
they had curetted

Future
I will curette
you will curette
he/she/it will curette
we will curette
you will curette
they will curette

Future Perfect
I will have curetted
you will have curetted
he/she/it will have curetted
we will have curetted
you will have curetted
they will have curetted

Future Continuous
I will be curetting
you will be curetting
he/she/it will be curetting
we will be curetting
you will be curetting
they will be curetting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been curetting
you have been curetting
he/she/it has been curetting
we have been curetting
you have been curetting
they have been curetting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been curetting
you will have been curetting
he/she/it will have been curetting
we will have been curetting
you will have been curetting
they will have been curetting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been curetting
you had been curetting
he/she/it had been curetting
we had been curetting
you had been curetting
they had been curetting

Conditional
I would curette
you would curette
he/she/it would curette
we would curette
you would curette
they would curette

Past Conditional
I would have curetted
you would have curetted
he/she/it would have curetted
we would have curetted
you would have curetted
they would have curetted

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curette - a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity

curet

surgical instrument - a medical instrument used in surgery

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cu·rette

, curet

n. cureta, instrumento quirúrgico en forma de cuchara o pala usado para raspar los tejidos de una superficie o cavidad.

curette

n cureta

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