morcellates
morcellates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of morcellate.
Meaning of morcellate
Verb
morcellate (third-person singular simple present morcellates, present participle morcellating, simple past and past participle morcellated)
- To break into small pieces, prior to removal
- …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...1919, Barton Cooke Hirst, Atlas of operative gynecology, Lippincott, page 175
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- What is morcellates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
- Morcellates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of morcellate.
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