Meaning of avocado hand | Babel Free
Definitions
A hand injury sustained during the cutting of an avocado, typically an incisional or stab wound of the nondominant hand.
Examples
“There has been an apparent increase⟳ in avocado related hand injuries. […] The mechanism of injury is usually a stabbing injury to the non-dominant hand as the knife slips past the stone, through the soft avocado fruit. Despite their apparent increased incidence, we could not find⟳ any cases in the literature which describe⟳ the “avocado hand”. We present⟳ a case of a 32-year-old woman who sustained a significant hand injury while preparing an avocado.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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