curet, curette
(kū-rĕt′)
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[Fr. curette, a cleanser]
1. A spoon-shaped scraping instrument for removing tissue matter from a cavity.
2. In dentistry, one of a variety of sharp instruments used to remove calculus and to smooth tooth roots or to remove soft tissues from a periodontal pocket or extraction site.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Curet, Curette." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732780/all/curet__curette.
Curet, curette. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732780/all/curet__curette. Accessed October 5, 2024.
Curet, curette. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732780/all/curet__curette
Curet, Curette [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 October 05]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732780/all/curet__curette.
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