curette

🇺🇸 /kjʊˈret/ 🇬🇧 /kjʊəˈret/
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A small instrument used by doctors to scrape out material from inside the body, like from the uterus.

The doctor used a curette to remove the growth from the patient's uterus.

translation

n. A small instrument used by doctors to scrape out material from inside the body, like from the uterus.

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Plural curettes