Definition of CURETTE. : a surgical instrument that has a scoop, ring, or loop at the tip and is used in performing curettage. cuÂ·rette also cuÂ·ret \kyuÌ-Ëret\. ADVERTISEMENT. a surgical instrument that has a scoop, ring, or loop at the tip and is used in performing curettage. cuÂ·rette also cuÂ·ret \kyuÌ-Ëret\.
The Mesoamerican region's largest pyramid by volume, the largest in the world by volume is the Great Pyramid of Cholula in the Mexican state of Puebla. It is also known as Tlachihualtepetl - Nahuatl for artificial mountain. The Aztecs believed that Xelhua built the pyramid.
Built by the Olmecs, the first major Mesoamerican civilization, it dates to between 1000 B.C. and 400 B.C. American pyramids were generally built of earth and then faced with stone, typically in a stepped, or layered, shape topped by a platform or temple structure. Did You Know?