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Curettage — Intervention Illustration from a United States patent for an ornate curette (Michelson, 1988) MeSH … Wikipedia
surgical operation — noun a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available he died while undergoing surgery • Syn:… … Useful english dictionary
surgical procedure — noun a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available he died while undergoing surgery • Syn:… … Useful english dictionary
surgical process — noun a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available he died while undergoing surgery • Syn:… … Useful english dictionary
Curettage — The removal of growths or other material from the wall of a cavity or other surface, as with a curet. A curet, or curette, is a spoon shaped instrument with a sharp edge. The word curette comes from French and means a scraper. The verb curer… … Medical dictionary
Surgical suture — For other uses, see Suture (disambiguation). Surgical suture on needle holder. Packaging shown above. Surgical suture is a medical device used to hold body tissues together after an injury or surgery. It generally consists of a needle with an… … Wikipedia
curettage — /kyoor i tahzh , kyoo ret ij/, n. Surg. the process of curetting. Cf. D and C. [1895 1900; < F, equiv. to curette CURETTE + age AGE] * * * ▪ surgery surgical scraping, usually of the lining of a body cavity, to clean it of foreign matter,… … Universalium
curettage — noun Date: 1897 a surgical scraping or cleaning by means of a curette … New Collegiate Dictionary
curettage — A surgical scraping procedure using a curette … Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors
curettage — cu·ret·tage || kjÊŠÉ™ retɪdÊ’ n. act of scraping with a curette (surgical tool) … English contemporary dictionary
