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curet

curet is the alternative spelling of curette.

Meaning of curette

Noun

curette (plural curettes)

  1. A hand-held surgical instrument, often with a scoop or hook at its tip, used for cleaning or debriding biological tissue.
    • Curettes are used for the subgingival removal of dental deposits and for root planing. They can also be used supragingivally. The working tip of a curette is more slender than that of a scaler.2008, Cecilia Gorrel, Small Animal Dentistry, Elsevier (Saunders), page 223

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Proper noun capitalized: Curet

Curet (plural Curets)

  1. A surname.

Forms of curet

Noun
pluralcurets
Proper noun
pluralCurets

Questions about curet

What does curet mean?
Curet means a surname.
What is curet the alternative spelling of?
Curet is the alternative spelling of curette.
What part of speech is curet?
Curet is a proper noun.

Words near curet in the dictionary

  1. cures
  2. cures cancer
  3. cures down
  4. cures up
  5. curest
  6. curet
  7. Curete
  8. Curetes
  9. cureth
  10. curetment
  11. curetments

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Adapted from Wiktionary: curet (page history and authors); Curet (page history and authors); curette (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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