morcellate

present singular third person morcellates · participle present morcellating · participle past morcellated · past morcellated · alternative morcelate

1. medicineTo break into small pieces, prior to removal

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   …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.

   1919, Barton Cooke Hirst, Atlas of operative gynecology, Lippincott, page 175