Word: ecraseur
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: e
cra
seur
Definition: A surgical instrument intended to replace the knife in many operations, the parts operated on being severed by the crushing effect produced by the gradual tightening of a chain to avoid haemorrhage.
Morphemes:
Affix: ecraseur
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A surgical instrument intended to replace the knife in many operations, the parts operated on being severed by the crushing effect produced by the gradual tightening of a chain to avoid haemorrhage.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: écraser
Language: fr
Decoded: ecraser
PoS: Verb
Meaning: to thrash, to crush, to win by a large margin
Affix: -eur
Language: fr
Decoded: -eur
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form agent nouns from verbs.