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deroofs

deroofs is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 deroofs

What is deroofs the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Deroofs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of deroof.

Words near deroofs in the dictionary

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

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