Paré
[pa-rey]
- Am·broise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/, 1510–90, French surgeon.
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Paré
- Ambroise (ɑ̃brwaz). 1510–90, French surgeon. He reintroduced ligature of arteries following amputation instead of cauterization
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pare
- to peel or cut (the outer layer) from (something)
- to cut the edges from (the nails); trim
- to decrease bit by bit
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Word Origin
C13: from Old French parer to adorn, from Latin parāre to make ready
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Word Origin and History for paré
pare
v.
"to trim by cutting close," c.1300, from Old French parer "arrange, prepare; trim, adorn," and directly from Latin parare "make ready, furnish, provide, arrange, order," related to parere "produce, bring forth, give birth to," from PIE root *pere- "produce, procure, bring forward, bring forth," and derived words in diverse senses (cf. Lithuanian pariu "to brood," Greek poris "calf, bull," Old High German farro, German Farre "bullock," Old English fearr "bull," Sanskrit prthukah "child, calf, young of an animal," Czech spratek "brat, urchin, premature calf"). Generalized meaning "to reduce something little by little" is from 1520s. Related: Pared; paring.
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Paré
(pä-rā′)Ambroise 1517?-1590- French surgeon who made numerous improvements to operating methods, including the ligature of arteries rather than cauterization.
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