Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
Cucharilla cortante
English translation:
curette
Added to glossary by
Anahit Simonyan
Mar 11, 2013 17:50
11 yrs ago
3 viewers *
Spanish term
Cucharilla cortante
Spanish to English
Medical
Medical: Instruments
Shall it be translated as cutting spoon or shear spoon, or perhaps there is other specific term. Thank you
Proposed translations
(English)
3 +1 | curette | Patricia Bower |
Proposed translations
+1
11 mins
Selected
curette
A curette is a surgical instrument designed for scraping biological tissue or debris in a biopsy, excision, or cleaning procedure. In form, the curette is a small hand tool, often similar in shape to a stylus; at the tip of the curette is a small scoop, hook, or gouge. The verb to curette means to scrape with a curette.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Something went wrong...