Curettage

Introduction: Curettage

Description of Curettage

Curettage: Scraping of material from surface.

Curettage: Removal of tissue with a curette (a spoon-shaped instrument with a sharp edge).
Source: National Institute of Health

Curettage: surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Curettage: A scraping, usually of the interior of a cavity or tract, for removal of new growth or other abnormal tissue, or to obtain material for tissue diagnosis. It is performed with a curet (curette), a spoon-shaped instrument designed for that purpose. (From Stedman, 25th ed & Dorland, 27th ed).
Source: MeSH 2007

Curettage: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Curettage:

• Scraping
• Interior
• Cavity (91 causes)
• Tract
• Abnormal
• Abnormal pain (6 causes)
• Material
• Tissue
• Diagnosis
• SYN

Curettage: Treatments

Curettage (treatment): See Curettage (treatment information).

More information on treatment: Curettage:

• Curettage

Terms associated with Curettage:

Terms Similar to Curettage:

• curettement

Source - WordNet 2.1

Related Topics

• Dilatation and Curettage

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Curettage:

• Dilatation and Curettage

Source - MeSH 2007

• suction curettage
• vacuum aspiration

Source - WordNet 2.1

Broader terms for Curettage

• operation
• surgery
• surgical operation
• surgical procedure
• surgical process

Source - WordNet 2.1

Hierarchical classifications of Curettage

The following list attempts to classify Curettage into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• operation,surgery,surgical operation,surgical procedure,surgical process
• medical procedure
• procedure,process
• activity
• act,human action,human activity

Source: WordNet 2.1

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Surgical Procedures, Operative
  • Curettage

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