morcellementn.

Brit.

/mɔːˈsɛlmɒ̃/,

/mɔːˈsɛlmɒnt/, U.S.

/mɔrsɛlˈmɑn(t)/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French morcellement.

Etymology: < French morcellement (1789) < Middle French morceler to divide into many pieces (see morcellate v.) + -ment -ment suffix.

1. Esp. in France: division of land or property into small portions. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [noun] > division into small pieces

morcellement1848

morselization1886

1848 H. Drummond in L. J. Jennings Croker Papers (1884) III. xxvi. 184 As a national system it [sc. the allotment system] is again infinitesimal morcellement.

1848 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 11 307 It is difficult to ascertain whether the morcellement or subdivision of the soil among an infinity of owners, so much deprecated by some, so much insisted upon by others as a cure for all social evils, is proceeding at a rapid or at a moderate pace.

a1859 J. Austin Lect. Jurispr. (1863) II. xlv. 462 The effect of this morcellement would be endless repetition.

1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 July 3/1 In the South peasant proprietors own most of the land, and the morcellement is in many cases excessive.

1989 D. H. Fischer Albion's Seed 172 Many practiced some form of partible descent, which was so common in the eastern counties that small ‘morcellements’ of land became a serious social problem.

1995 J. Habakkuk Marriage, Debt, & Estates Syst. i. 76 As one generation succeeded another, there might have been a progressive morcellement of estates.

2. Surgery. = morcellation n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > other surgical practices > [noun] > breaking diseased part into pieces

morcellement1892

morcellation1898

1854 Med. Times & Gaz. 9 Sept. 271/1 M. Maisonneuve has, by the employment of the method which he calls ‘morcellement’, division into pieces, accomplished the removal of an enormous tumour from the neck of a woman.

1887 R. L. Tait Dis. Women (ed. 2) 102 The chief peculiarity which marks his [sc. Pean's] method is what he calls ‘morcellement’, which consists in attacking the tumor piecemeal.]

1892 tr. S. Pozzi Treat. Gynæcol. I. 338 Breaking up (morcellement) of the tumour.

1901 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 28 Sept. 887/1 Morcellement of the tonsils.

1903 Philadelphia Med. Jrnl. 31 Jan. 199/1 Porcellini suggested morcellement, the danger of which consists in the subsequent necrosis of the stump of the cervix.

1919 F. E. Leavitt Operations of Obstetr. 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.

1954 W. Shaw Textbk. Operative Gynæcol. 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.

1985 European Neurol. 24 256/1 A device for ultrasonic morcellement of tough clots.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	morcellement
释义	morcellementn. Brit. /mɔːˈsɛlmɒ̃/, /mɔːˈsɛlmɒnt/, U.S. /mɔrsɛlˈmɑn(t)/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French morcellement. Etymology: < French morcellement (1789) < Middle French morceler to divide into many pieces (see morcellate v.) + -ment -ment suffix. 1. Esp. in France: division of land or property into small portions. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [noun] > division into small pieces morcellement1848 morselization1886 1848 H. Drummond in L. J. Jennings Croker Papers (1884) III. xxvi. 184 As a national system it [sc. the allotment system] is again infinitesimal morcellement. 1848 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 11 307 It is difficult to ascertain whether the morcellement or subdivision of the soil among an infinity of owners, so much deprecated by some, so much insisted upon by others as a cure for all social evils, is proceeding at a rapid or at a moderate pace. a1859 J. Austin Lect. Jurispr. (1863) II. xlv. 462 The effect of this morcellement would be endless repetition. 1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 July 3/1 In the South peasant proprietors own most of the land, and the morcellement is in many cases excessive. 1989 D. H. Fischer Albion's Seed 172 Many practiced some form of partible descent, which was so common in the eastern counties that small ‘morcellements’ of land became a serious social problem. 1995 J. Habakkuk Marriage, Debt, & Estates Syst. i. 76 As one generation succeeded another, there might have been a progressive morcellement of estates. 2. Surgery. = morcellation n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > other surgical practices > [noun] > breaking diseased part into pieces morcellement1892 morcellation1898 1854 Med. Times & Gaz. 9 Sept. 271/1 M. Maisonneuve has, by the employment of the method which he calls ‘morcellement’, division into pieces, accomplished the removal of an enormous tumour from the neck of a woman. 1887 R. L. Tait Dis. Women (ed. 2) 102 The chief peculiarity which marks his [sc. Pean's] method is what he calls ‘morcellement’, which consists in attacking the tumor piecemeal.] 1892 tr. S. Pozzi Treat. Gynæcol. I. 338 Breaking up (morcellement) of the tumour. 1901 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 28 Sept. 887/1 Morcellement of the tonsils. 1903 Philadelphia Med. Jrnl. 31 Jan. 199/1 Porcellini suggested morcellement, the danger of which consists in the subsequent necrosis of the stump of the cervix. 1919 F. E. Leavitt Operations of Obstetr. 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. 1954 W. Shaw Textbk. Operative Gynæcol. 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. 1985 European Neurol. 24 256/1 A device for ultrasonic morcellement of tough clots. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1848
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