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deappendicize

deappendicize verb: to remove or excise the appendix from a patient.

Verb

deappendicize (third-person singular simple present deappendicizes, present participle deappendicizing, simple past and past participle deappendicized)

  1. (dated, rare) To remove or excise the appendix from a patient.

Forms of deappendicize

third-person singular presentdeappendicizes
present participledeappendicizing
past participledeappendicized
pastdeappendicized
alternative formde-appendicize

Origin of deappendicize

From de- + appendix + -ize.

Questions about deappendicize

What does deappendicize mean?
Deappendicize means to remove or excise the appendix from a patient.
What part of speech is deappendicize?
Deappendicize is a verb.
What is the past tense of deappendicize?
The past tense of deappendicize is deappendicized.

Words near deappendicize in the dictionary

  1. deanthropomorphize
  2. deanthropomorphized
  3. deanthropomorphizes
  4. deanthropomorphizing
  5. deappellativization
  6. deappendicize
  7. deappendicized
  8. deappendicizes
  9. deappendicizing
  10. deapplied
  11. deapplies

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