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Definition of Curettes
1. curette [v] - See also: curette
Lexicographical Neighbors of Curettes
Literary usage of Curettes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Gunshot Injuries, Their History, Characteristic Features, Complications, and by Thomas Longmore (1895)
"The two steel curettes have very fine and sharp edges. ... When thus brought
together, the two curettes fit one 'to the other and form a smooth steel ..."
2. The Treatment of Wounds: Its Principles and Practice, General and Special by Lewis Stephen Pilcher (1883)
"... and Appliances—Compresses and Protective Appliances—Purification of the
Air—Spray Producers—Cleansing Septic Wounds—curettes—Disinfecting Lotions. ..."
3. A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Ear: Including a Sketch of Aural by Daniel Bennett St. John Roosa (1885)
"Fio. 106. — Buck's curettes, for clearing auditory canal and tympanum. 1 On
Polypus of the Ear, p. 61. ... curettes ..."
4. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1872)
"The two steel curettes have very fine and sharp edges. ... When they are thus
brought together, the two curettes so fit one to the other that, united, ..."
5. Diseases of the Nose and Throat by J. Price-Brown (1900)
"In this class of cases I always operate digitally, using the nail of the forefinger
of either hand, whichever at the time (d) Fig. 77.'—Adenoid curettes: ..."
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