Curettes is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.
You can make 224 anagrams from letters in curettes (ceersttu).
1745-55; French, equivalent to cur(er) to cleanse + -ette -ette. See cure
Callous ulcers are best removed by a curette, knife, or hot iron and then treated like a common wound.
Operative—scarification, either punctate or linear, and erosion with the curette.
Fragments removed by the curette are subjected to microscopical examination for diagnostic purposes.
Of the use of the ear scoop as a curette we have several instances.
The curette is passed up to the top of the fundus uteri with its cutting edge directed to the posterior wall.
The curette should not be used on the lateral pharyngeal wall in case the Eustachian orifices and cushions are damaged.
A probe is then passed into the ostium, and the anterior wall of the sinus is removed with a curette or rongeur forceps.
As a preliminary to the use of the curette, dilatation up to No. 12 Hegar is necessary.
Then commonly the entire ovum comes away with the gauze, or what remains of it is taken out with a curette.
The cervix is first dilated up to a suitable degree for the passage of the curette; up to No. 12 Hegar is usually sufficient.