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decool

decool verb: to restore (a patient) to normothermia after the hypothermic phase of targeted temperature management.

Verb

decool (third-person singular simple present decools, present participle decooling, simple past and past participle decooled)

  1. (rare, transitive) To restore (a patient) to normothermia after the hypothermic phase of targeted temperature management.

Forms of decool

third-person singular presentdecools
present participledecooling
past participledecooled
pastdecooled

Origin of decool

Probably back-formed from decooling in that word's gerundial sense. By surface analysis, de- + cool (transitive verb).

Questions about decool

What does decool mean?
Decool means to restore (a patient) to normothermia after the hypothermic phase of targeted temperature management.
What part of speech is decool?
Decool is a verb.
What is the past tense of decool?
The past tense of decool is decooled.

Words near decool in the dictionary

  1. deconvolver
  2. deconvolvers
  3. deconvolves
  4. deconvolving
  5. DeCook
  6. decool
  7. decooled
  8. decooling
  9. decools
  10. decoordinate
  11. decoordinated

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