Once again, he scraped the inside of her womb with a curet, a metal instrument.
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Curet, a Metco student from Roxbury, lost both parents within a year when he was 6 years old.
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Curette: a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity
A curette is a surgical instrument designed for scraping biological tissue or debris in a biopsy, excision, or cleaning procedure. In form, the curette is a small hand tool, often similar in shape to a stylus; at the tip of the curette is a small scoop, hook, or gouge. ...
A surgical instrument that has a sharp, spoon-shaped blade. It is used for debridement, root planing and gingival curettage.