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curette
(redirected from curetting)

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curette, curet
a surgical instrument for removing dead tissue, growths, etc., from the walls of certain body cavities


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In one early series of patients with brown recluse spider bites, Hollabaugh and Fernandes advocated curetting the subcutaneous tissue in the necrotic area of the lesion to prevent the local destructive actions of the toxin.
 
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