écrasement

English

noun
Definitions
  • (surgery) Operation of removing a part, as a tumor, by a wire or chain loop gradually tightened so as to cut slowly through its attachment.

Etymology

Borrowed from French écrasement (crushing).

Origin

French

écrasement

Gloss

crushing

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