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单词 morcellate
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morcellatev.

Brit. /ˈmɔːsəleɪt/, U.S. /ˈmɔrsəˌleɪt/
Forms: 1900s– morcelate, 1900s– morcellate.
Origin: A borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Etymons: French morceler , -ate suffix3.
Etymology: < French morceler to divide into many pieces (1573 in Middle French; < Old French morcel , morceau morsel n.) + -ate suffix3, after morcellement n., morcellated adj., morcellation n.
transitive. To cut or divide into small pieces; (Surgery) to break up (a tumour, organ, etc.) into small pieces, esp. preparatory to excision.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > division by cutting > divide by cutting [verb (transitive)] > cut into pieces > small
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1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Morcellate, to shatter or break into many pieces.
1932 W. E. D. Allen Hist. Georgian People xviii. 200 The young mechanistic culture of the West was preparing to crush, morcelate and remould all the elements decrepit or primitive of the eastern world.
1970 Mayo Clin. Proc. 45 379 Hemisection alone is not done frequently since the incisions can only barely be carried safely over the fundus..without reducing the total size of the uterus..by morcellating the uterine walls.
1993 Brit. Jrnl. Surg. 80 126/1 The spleen proved too large to place into a plastic bag and morcellate.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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