curettage

English

Etymology

French curettage

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkjʊəɹɪˈtɑːʒ/

Noun

curettage (countable and uncountable, plural curettages)

1. (medicine) The removal of unwanted tissue from a body cavity using a curette.

Derived terms

• D&C

Translations

the removal of unwanted tissue from a body cavity using a curette

• Catalan: raspat m
• Finnish: kaavinta (fi)
• French: curetage (fr) m
• German: Kürettage f
• Greek: απόξεση (el) f (apóxesi)
• Inuktitut: ᑭᓕᐅᖅᑐᐃᓂᖅ (kilioqtoiniq)
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• Italian: curettage m
• Portuguese: curetagem (pt) f
• Romanian: chiuretaj (ro) n, chiuretare (ro) f, raclaj (ro) n
• Russian: кюрета́ж (ru) m (kjuretáž), выска́бливание (ru) n (vyskáblivanije)
• Spanish: legrado (es) m

Further reading

• curettage on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Italian

Noun

curettage m (uncountable)

1. (surgery) curettage