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Curettage: The removal of growths or other material from the wall of a cavity or other surface, as with a curet. A curet, or curette, is a spoon-shaped instrument with a sharp edge. The word "curette" comes from French and means a scraper. The verb "curer" means to scrape or clean.
Curettage may, for example, be used to remove a skin cancer. After a local anesthetic numbs the area, the cancer is scooped out with a curette.
Dilation and curettage (D & C) refers to dilation of the cervix (widening the cervix) and curettement of the endometrium (the lining of the uterus).
n. The removal of tissue or growths from a body cavity, such as the uterus, by scraping with a curette. Also called curettement
curettage /cu·ret·tage/ (ku″rĕ-tahzh´) [Fr.] the cleansing of a diseased surface, as with a curet. medical curettage induction of bleeding from the endometrium ...
The dilation and curettage procedure is called a D and C. The D stands for dilation, which means enlarging. Curettage (the C) means scraping. Together, this procedure ...
–noun Surgery . the process of curetting. Use curettage in a Sentence See images of curettage Search curettage on the Web Compare D and C . Origin: 1895–1900 ...
cu·ret·tage (ky r-täzh) n. The removal of tissue or growths from a body cavity, such as the uterus, by scraping with a curette. Also called curettement.