curette, curet
(noun) a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity
Source: WordNet® 3.1
curette (plural curettes)
A spoon-shaped surgical instrument for cleaning a diseased surface.
curette (third-person singular simple present curettes, present participle curetting, simple past and past participle curetted)
(transitive, medicine) To scrape with a curette.
Source: Wiktionary
Cu*rette" (k-rt"), n.Etym: [F., fr. curer to cleanse.] (Med.)
Definition: A scoop or ring with either a blunt or a cutting edge, for removing substances from the walls of a cavity, as from the eye, ear, or womb.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 January 2025
(verb) leave undone or leave out; “How could I miss that typo?”; “The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten”
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
