A morcellator is a surgical instrument used for division and removal of large masses of tissues during laparoscopic surgery. In laparoscopic hysterectomy the uterus is minced up, or morcellated, into smaller pieces inside the woman's belly cavity in order to extract from the abdomen.
What disease does Steven Hawking suffer from? He has a muscular dystrophy cognate to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the latter being also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Edit
Stephen Hawking has a form of motor neurone disease which causes progressive weakness of muscles in the body. On his website Prof Hawking describes coxing and rowing during his time at Oxford University but gradually becoming more clumsy Photo: REUTERS. By Rebecca Smith, Medical Editor. 7:34PM BST 20 Apr 2009.