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Carrel
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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.

car·rel also car·rell  (krl)
n.
A partially partitioned nook in or near the stacks in a library, used for private study.

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

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]

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
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Noun1.Carrel - French surgeon and biologist who developed a way to suture and graft blood vessels (1873-1944)Carrel - French surgeon and biologist who developed a way to suture and graft blood vessels (1873-1944)
2.carrel - small individual study area in a library
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


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The wireless connection works throughout the building, including the meeting room, reading room, children's room and study carrels.
At Marquand Library for Art and Archaeology at Princeton University, where the focus is on individual research rather than collaborative study, a renovation and expansion increased the number of assigned carrels for art and archaeology seniors and graduate students.
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