Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of shattering or breaking.
  • noun In surgery, removal of a part, as a tumor, a little at a time instead of by excision in mass.

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  • noun surgery The breaking into small pieces prior to removal

Etymologies

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From morcellate +‎ -ation

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