carrel

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun French surgeon and biologist who developed a way to suture and graft blood vessels (1873-1944)
  2. noun small individual study area in a library

Etymology

A variant of carol (“small closet or enclosure”), from Middle English carole (“round dance with singing; group of people dancing and singing in a circle; circular thing; braid, chain (?); stall for study or writing; writing table; etc.”) (possibly referring to the fact that the item encloses or surrounds the person using it): see further at carol.

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Synonyms

Alexis Carrel

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