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    Give the name, which is derived from Latin through French meaning 'take care of', of the medical procedure which involves surgical scraping of the lining of a body cavity to clean it of foreign matter, tumours or other growths?

    Question #16507. Asked by Cheat. (Feb 08 02 3:43 PM)


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    		I think the word you are looking for is Curettage. A curette is a surgeons small scraping instrument. Curetting is to clean or scrape with this. Oxford dictionary, plus I underwent one many years ago.

    Feb 08 02, 4:26 PM
    PDAZ

    		Curettage or curettement

    http://www.thefreedictionary.com/curettage

    [French, from Old French, from curer, to cure, from Latin cūrāre, to take care of, from cūra, care; see cure.]

    http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/curette

    [Lower text & link added -- Zb]

    Sep 30 09, 8:41 PM

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