CURET
\kjˈʊɹət], \kjˈʊɹət], \k_j_ˈʊ_ɹ_ə_t]\
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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An instrument for removing foreign bodies, accumulated secretions, "etc., from the surface or from the accessible passages of the body, also for removing morbid outgrowths and neoplastic deposits by scraping. Generally made in the form of the bowl of a spoon or in that of a ring. [Fr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe