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curettage Surg.|kjʊˈrɛtɑːʒ|
[Fr.: see curette and -age.]
The application of the curette; scraping or cleaning by means of a curette.
1897St. Thomas's Hosp. Rep. New Ser. XXV. 84 Various supplementary measures have been added to the curettage. 1908Practitioner Feb. 180 No more than a curettage of the growth was attempted. 1964L. Martin Clin. Endocrinol. (ed. 4) viii. 252 But curettage is seldom desirable in adolescents in whom the condition usually rectifies itself spontaneously. 1965J. Pollitt Depression & its Treatment v. 72 Powerful analgesics or premedication may be urgently required should threatened or incomplete abortion occur, or a dilatation and curettage be needed as a result. |