excavator

excavator
1. An instrument like a large sharp spoon or scoop, used in scraping out pathologic tissue. 2. In dentistry, an instrument, generally a small spoon or curette, for cleaning out and shaping a carious cavity preparatory to filling.
- hoe e. a single-beveled dental e., with the blade at an angle to the axis of the handle and the cutting edge perpendicular to the plane of the angle.

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ex·ca·va·tor 'ek-skə-.vāt-ər n an instrument used to open bodily cavities (as in the teeth) or remove material from them

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n.
1. a spoon-shaped surgical instrument that is used to scrape out diseased tissue, usually for laboratory examination.
2. a type of hand instrument with spoon ends used for removing decayed dentine from teeth. It may also be used as a curette.

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ex·ca·va·tor (eksґkə-va″tər) 1. an instrument for hollowing out something by removing the center or inner part, or for making a hole or cavity. 2. a scoop or gouge for surgical use.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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