Meaning of deathbook | Babel Free
Definitions
Noun. [B2]
Examples
“What an interesting study⟳ was a surgeon's deathbook! There we should find⟳ disasters recorded due to causes quite beyond the ken of all surgeons. In many instances, though the surgeon has done his very best, yet how untoward the result⟳! He felt sure that what was true of his own⟳ deathbook was applicable to the deathbook of other surgeons.”
“The only “G. L.” in the church's deathbook up to 1849 was Garret Lawrence, a Shaker physician and botanist (d. 1837), [...]”
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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