Carrel

Car·rel  (k-rl, krl), Alexis 1873-1944.

French-born American surgeon and biologist. He won a 1912 Nobel Prize for his work on vascular ligature and grafting of blood vessels and organs.

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car·rel also car·rell  (krl)

n.

A partially partitioned nook in or near the stacks in a library, used for private study.

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[Middle English carole, round dance ring, circle, stall for study; see carol.]

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carrel, carrell [ˈkærəl]

n

(Library Science & Bibliography) a small individual study room or private desk, often in a library, where a student or researcher can work undisturbed

[a variant of carol]

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Carrel [kəˈrɛl ˈkærəl (French) karɛl]

n

(Biographies / Carrel, Alexis (1873-1944) M, French, MEDICINE: surgeon, SCIENCE: biologist) Alexis (əˈlɛksɪs; French alɛksi). 1873-1944, French surgeon and biologist, active in the US (1905-39): developed a method of suturing blood vessels, making the transplantation of arteries and organs possible: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1912

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Carrel - French surgeon and biologist who developed a way to suture and graft blood vessels (1873-1944) Alexis Carrel
	2.	carrel - small individual study area in a library carrell, cubicle, stall alcove, bay - a small recess opening off a larger room depository library, library - a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study

Translations

carrel carrell [ˈkærəl] N (in library) (= desk) → mesa f de estudio; (= room) → sala f de estudio

carrel

n (in library etc) → Arbeitsnische f, → Arbeitsplatz m