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deroofed

deroofed is the simple past and past participle of deroof.

Meaning of deroof

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

Questions about deroofed

What is deroofed the simple past and past participle of?
Deroofed is the simple past and past participle of deroof.

Words near deroofed in the dictionary

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

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