Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which replaces; specifically, in surgery, an instrument for restoring a displaced uterus to its normal position.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Surg.) An instrument employed for replacing a displaced organ or part.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun surgery An
instrument used toreposition a displacedorgan
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Examples
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Even the old pine had acquired the villainous air of the uncanny repositor of secrets too dreadful to reveal, as it groaned and murmured to itself in the keen east wind.
A Strange Disappearance Anna Katharine Green 1890
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For general literature about subject repositories, the following search strategy was used: ( "subject repositor*" OR "subject-based repositor*" OR (repositor* AND subject) OR (digital library AND subject) OR (digital library AND discipline)).
D-Lib Magazine 2010
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Rattus repositor to poke much more than a nose out of the wainscoting.
Caveat Lector 2009
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A repositor and collector of knowledge, fed by scouts. "
Sentenced To Prism Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1985
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