SPOON-SHAPED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spoon-shaped mean? 

• SPOON-SHAPED (adjective)
  The adjective SPOON-SHAPED has 1 sense:

1. shaped in the form of a spoon

  Familiarity information: SPOON-SHAPED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPOON-SHAPED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shaped in the form of a spoon

Similar:

formed (having or given a form or shape)

 Context examples 

A spoon-shaped instrument with a sharp edge.

(Curette, NCI Dictionary)

A procedure in which a sample of abnormal tissue is removed from the cervix using a small, spoon-shaped instrument called a curette.

(Endocervical curettage, NCI Dictionary)

Tissue samples may be taken using a spoon-shaped instrument called a curette and checked under a microscope for signs of disease.

(Colposcopy, NCI Dictionary)

The cervix is dilated (made larger) and a curette (spoon-shaped instrument) is inserted into the uterus to remove tissue.

(D&C, NCI Dictionary)

Removal of tissue with a curette (a spoon-shaped instrument with a sharp edge).

(Curettage, NCI Dictionary)

One in a scarlet cap bent over it, steadying the jagged rock which was balanced on the spoon-shaped end of the long wooden lever.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A minor operation in which the cervix is expanded enough (dilation) to permit the cervical canal and uterine lining to be scraped with a spoon-shaped instrument called a curette (curettage).

(Dilation and curettage, NCI Dictionary)

A procedure in which the mucous membrane of the cervical canal is scraped using a spoon-shaped instrument called a curette.

(Endocervical curettage, NCI Dictionary)