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deroof

deroof verb: to remove part of the outer wall of (a cyst, etc.) to aid healing.

Verb

deroof (third-person singular simple present deroofs, present participle deroofing, simple past and past participle deroofed)

  1. (transitive) To remove part of the outer wall of (a cyst, etc.) to aid healing.
    • The patient was managed by a combination of preoperative and postoperative antihelminthic therapy along with laparotomy, cyst deroofing, toileting and omentoplasty.2013 August 2, Nishchit Hegde, Bharati Hiremath, “Primary peritoneal hydatidosis”, in BMJ Case Reports, volume 2013, →DOI

Forms of deroof

third-person singular presentderoofs
present participlederoofing
past participlederoofed
pastderoofed

Origin of deroof

From de- + roof.

Questions about deroof

What does deroof mean?
Deroof means to remove part of the outer wall of (a cyst, etc.) to aid healing.
What part of speech is deroof?
Deroof is a verb.
What is the past tense of deroof?
The past tense of deroof is deroofed.

Words near deroof in the dictionary

  1. deromanticize
  2. deromanticized
  3. deromanticizes
  4. deromanticizing
  5. Deronda
  6. deroof
  7. deroofed
  8. deroofing
  9. deroofs
  10. deros
  11. Derosa

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