Present participle of curet; the act of scraping tissue away from a body surface or cavity using a curet.
Present participle form of the verb 'curet,' formed by adding '-ing' to the stem. The doubling of the final 't' follows standard English spelling rules for verbs ending in a single consonant.
Curetting requires a steady hand and good visualization—surgeons describe it almost like sculpting, carefully removing just the tissue you need to remove and no more.
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