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CURET

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: curetted    , curettes    , curetting   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

curet; curette

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("curet" is a kind of...):

surgical instrument (a medical instrument used in surgery)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb curet

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