Noun: curettage kyû're-tij or ,kyûr-u'taazh
- Surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette
"The doctor performed a curettage to remove abnormal tissue from the uterus";
- curettement
Derived forms: curettages
Type of: op [informal], operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
Part of: D and C, dilatation and curettage, dilation and curettage
Encyclopedia: Curettage