"écrasement" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: écrasements [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French écrasement (“crushing”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|écrasement||crushing}} French écrasement (“crushing”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} écrasement (countable and uncountable, plural écrasements)
  1. (surgery) The operation of removing a part, as a tumor, by a wire or chain loop gradually tightened so as to cut slowly through its attachment. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Surgery
    Sense id: en-écrasement-en-noun-EcYD~2Yy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery

Inflected forms

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