Curettage
The removal of growths or other material from the wall of a cavity or other surface, as with a curet.
A curet, or curette, is a spoon-shaped instrument with a sharp edge.
The word 'curette' comes from French and means a scraper.
The verb 'curer' means to scrape or clean.</P> Curettage may, for example, be used to remove a skin cancer.
After a local anesthetic numbs the area, the cancer is scooped out with a curette.</P> Dilation and curettage (D & C) refers to dilation of the cervix (widening the cervix) and curettement of the endometrium (the lining of the uterus).