curettage

English

Etymology

From French curettage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkjʊəɹɪˈtɑːʒ/

Noun

curettage (countable and uncountable, plural curettages)

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

Derived terms

• D&C
• dilatation and curettage
• dilation and curettage
• suction curettage

 

Translations

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

• Catalan: raspat m
• Dutch: curettage (nl) f
• Finnish: kaavinta (fi)
• French: curetage (fr) m
• German: Kürettage (de) f
• Greek: απόξεση (el) f (apóxesi)
• Hungarian: küret (hu)
• Indonesian: kuretase (id)
• Inuktitut: ᑭᓕᐅᖅᑐᐃᓂᖅ (kilioqtoiniq)
• Italian: curettage m
• Polish: abrazja (pl) f
• 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

French

Noun

curettage m (plural curettages)

1. Alternative spelling of curetage

Italian

Noun

curettage m (invariable)

1. (surgery) curettage