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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.

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  1. n. 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.
  2. n. a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity
  3. 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.
  4. A scoop or ring with either a blunt or a cutting edge, forremoving substances from the walls of a cavity, as from the eye, ear,or womb.
  5. n. a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity