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carrel

or car·rell

[ kar-uhl ]

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noun

Also called cubicle, stall. a small recess or enclosed area in a library stack, designed for individual study or reading.
a table or desk with three sides extending above the writing surface to serve as partitions, designed for individual study, as in a library.

Carrel

[ kuh-rel, kar-uhl; French ka-rel ]

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A·lex·is [uh, -, lek, -sis, a, -lek-, see], 1873–1944, French surgeon and biologist, in U.S. 1905–39: Nobel Prize 1912.

carrel

/ ˈkærəl /

a small individual study room or private desk, often in a library, where a student or researcher can work undisturbed

Carrel

/ ˈkærəl; kəˈrɛl; karɛl /

CarrelAlexis18731944MFrenchMEDICINE: surgeonSCIENCE: 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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Origin of carrel¹

1585–95; variant spelling of carol enclosure

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Origin of carrel¹

C16: a variant of carol

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Well, one becomes a minister, Carrel remained a journalist; the incomplete but craftier man is living; Carrel is dead.

Carrel fought a duel with M. de Girardin, and died forty-eight hours later as the result of the wounds he received.

The loss of Carrel was deeply felt, and his funeral was attended by multitudes of the Parisians.

It was at this time that he had his sad and fatal quarrel with Armand Carrel—a brother editor.

Young Maquignaz turned sharply to him and exclaimed: Carrel nest pas tomb!

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