Defenition of the word curettage
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Defenition of the word curettage
- The removal of tissue with a curette, a spoon-shaped instrument with a sharp edge.
- surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette
Synonyms for the word curettage
Meronymys for the word curettage
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- D and C
- dilatation and curettage
- dilation and curettage
Hyponyms for the word curettage
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- suction curettage
- vacuum aspiration
Hypernyms for the word curettage
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- operation
- surgery
- surgical operation
- surgical procedure
- surgical process
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