morcellateとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From French morceler (“to break into pieces”).

動詞

morcellate (三人称単数 現在形 morcellates, 現在分詞 morcellating, 過去形および過去分詞形 morcellated)

1. (surgery) To break into small pieces, prior to removal
   • 1919, Barton Cooke Hirst, Atlas of operative gynecology, Lippincott, page 175

     …forceps are then enucleated if its size is small or morcelated by the excision of piece after piece until the remaining small part of the growth can be extracted after enucleaction. A large cavity is left behind which is packed with gauze: in vaginal myomecotomy, a closure of the tumor cavity by suture is usually impracticable.

関連する語

• morcellation
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