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Definition of Lacerable
1. a. That can be lacerated or torn.
Definition of Lacerable
1. Adjective. Susceptible to laceration; capable of being, or liable to be, torn. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lacerable
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Lacerable
1. Capable of being, or liable to be, torn. Origin: L. Lacero, to tear to pieces, fr. Lacer, mangled (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lacerable
Literary usage of Lacerable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1874)
"... and lacerable, and can exert little force in distending the os. The hand is
hard and firm, and can be used to dilate with considerable force. ..."
2. Walker's Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English by John Walker (1823)
"a cord, an ornamental trimming Lace, lise. ra to fasten with a string ; to
adorn [torn lacerable, Ias's4r-a-bl. a. such as may be Lacerate, las'ser-ate. ra ..."
3. A Report of the Trial of Cooper V. Wakley, for an Alleged Libel, Taken by by Bransby Blake Cooper, Thomas Wakley (1829)
"Why—easily lacerable, does not that imply that the membrane yielded before the
... Why should I use the words easily lacerable—why should I use the term ..."
4. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1841)
"The whole posterior part of the lung, to the extent of 10 or 12 inches, was of
an ash-gray colour, soft and pulpy, completely lacerable, and emitting a ..."
5. The Lancet (1842)
"... very lacerable at the back part ; pleura of the left lung adherent to the
pericardium. The whole of the left lung smaller and firmer than usual, ..."
6. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1855)
"Liver, large, deep-black, full of blood ; parenchyma, soft, lacerable. Kidneys,
same character. Uterus, large ; peritoneum, very vascular, ..."
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