carrel
or car·rell
[ kar-uhl ]
/ ˈkær əl /
noun
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Origin of carrel
1585–95; variant spelling of carol enclosure
Definition for carrel (2 of 2)
Carrel
[ kuh-rel, kar-uhl; French ka-rel ]
/ kəˈrɛl, ˈkær əl; French kaˈrɛl /
noun
A·lex·is [uh-lek-sis; French a-lek-see], /əˈlɛk sɪs; French a lɛkˈsi/, 1873–1944, French surgeon and biologist, in U.S. 1905–39: Nobel Prize 1912.
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Example sentences from the Web for carrel
On the eastern side is an additional wall, connected at its extremities with the first, enclosing ground for stables and carrell.
Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume XXX|Joel PalmerThe carrell was placed so that it was closed at one end by one of the cloister windows and remained open at the other.
The Story of Books|Gertrude Burford RawlingsCarrell was in identically the same position as the orator you speak of.
Z. Marcas|Honore de Balzac
British Dictionary definitions for carrel (1 of 2)
carrel
carrell
/ (ˈkærəl) /
noun
a small individual study room or private desk, often in a library, where a student or researcher can work undisturbed
Word Origin for carrel
C16: a variant of carol
British Dictionary definitions for carrel (2 of 2)
Carrel
/ (kəˈrɛl, ˈkærəl, French karɛl) /
noun
Alexis (əˈlɛksɪs; French alɛksi). 1873–1944, French surgeon and biologist, active in the US (1905–39): developed a method of suturing blood vessels, making the transplantation of arteries and organs possible: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1912
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Medical definitions for carrel
Carrel
[ kə-rĕl′, kăr′əl ]
French-born American surgeon and biologist. He won a 1912 Nobel Prize for his work on vascular ligature and grafting of blood vessels and organs.
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