a. [ad. late L. lacerābilis, f. lacerāre to LACERATE. Cf. F. lacérable.] That may be lacerated, susceptible of laceration.

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1656.  in Blount, Glossogr.

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1666.  Harvey, Morb. Angl., xxii. 51. The Lungs … must necessarily lye open to great … dammages … because of their thin, and lacerable composure.

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1835–6.  Todd, Cycl. Anat., I. 346/2. The bronchi are … easily lacerable tubes.

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1879–89.  J. M. Duncan, Lect. Dis. Women, vii. (ed. 4), 40. The uterus … may be extremely thinned and easily lacerable.

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