curettement
surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette • Syn: curettage • Hypernyms: operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process • Hyponyms: suction curettage, vacuum aspiration • Part Holonyms: dilation and curettage, dilatation and curettage, D and C
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