'curettage' definitions:
Definition of 'curettage'
(from WordNet)
noun
Surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette [syn: curettage, curettement]
Definition of 'curettage'
From: GCIDE
- curettage \cu`ret*tage"\ (k[=u]`r[e^]*t[aum]zh" or k[=u]*r[e^]t"[asl]j), n. surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette; the act of scraping with a curette.
- Syn: curettement. [WordNet 1.5]