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laparotomize

laparotomize verb: to perform laparotomy upon.

Verb

laparotomize (third-person singular simple present laparotomizes, present participle laparotomizing, simple past and past participle laparotomized)

  1. (transitive) To perform laparotomy upon.

Forms of laparotomize

third-person singular presentlaparotomizes
present participlelaparotomizing
past participlelaparotomized
pastlaparotomized

Origin of laparotomize

From laparotomy + -ize.

Questions about laparotomize

What does laparotomize mean?
Laparotomize means to perform laparotomy upon.
What part of speech is laparotomize?
Laparotomize is a verb.
What is the past tense of laparotomize?
The past tense of laparotomize is laparotomized.

Words near laparotomize in the dictionary

  1. laparotomes
  2. laparotomic
  3. laparotomies
  4. laparotomist
  5. laparotomists
  6. laparotomize
  7. laparotomized
  8. laparotomizes
  9. laparotomizing
  10. laparotomy
  11. lapas

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