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's children, Lucy, Robert and Tim, accept the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge in 2014 on his behalf. Hawking introduces the video, stating that a 2013 bout with pneumonia would make it unwise for him to have a bucket of ice water dumped on his head.