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Curettement

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. See curettage.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette

Word Usage

"A doctor who will become terribly insulted when a poor woman who can only pay ten or fifteen dollars asks to be relieved of the fruit of her womb, will usually discover that the woman who can afford to pay one hundred dollars is badly in need of a curettement."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

operation surgical procedure surgical process surgery surgical operation

Hyponym

suction curettage vacuum aspiration

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

curettage