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‖ morcellement|mɔrsɛlmɑ̃|
[Fr., f. morceler to break in pieces, f. OF. morcel, morceau morsel: see -ment.]
a. Division (spec. of land or property) into small portions.
1848H. Drummond in Croker Papers (1884) III. xxvi. 184 As a national system it [the allotment system] is again infinitesimal morcellement. a1859Austin Jurispr. (1863) II. xlv. 462 The effect of this morcellement would be endless repetition. 1889Pall Mall G. 3 July 3/1 In the South peasant proprietors own most of the land, and the morcellement is in many cases excessive.
b. Surg. = morcellation.
1903Philadelphia Med. Jrnl. 31 Jan. 199/1 Porcellini suggested morcellement, the danger of which consists in the subsequent necrosis of the stump of the cervix. 1919F. E. Leavitt Operations of Obstetrics xi. 239 When there are tumors to deal with, like the outgrowths in the region of the buttocks and neck, their removal by morcellement must be undertaken. 1954W. Shaw Textbk. Operative Gynæcology vi. 63/1 By processes of morcellement and splitting of the uterus in the midline it is possible to remove relatively large myomata by the vaginal route. |