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ovariectomize

ovariectomize verb: to remove the ovaries from.

Verb

ovariectomize (third-person singular simple present ovariectomizes, present participle ovariectomizing, simple past and past participle ovariectomized)

  1. (transitive) To remove the ovaries from.
    • Males castrated at birth are smaller (Field et al., 1997a ), and females ovariectomized at birth are larger than their intact male and female counterparts (Field et al., 2004 ).2007 December 11, Evelyn F. Field, Sergio M. Pellis, “The Brain as the Engine of Sex Differences in the Organization of Movement in Rats”, in Archives of Sexual Behavior, volume 37, number 1, →DOI

Forms of ovariectomize

third-person singular presentovariectomizes
present participleovariectomizing
past participleovariectomized
pastovariectomized

Origin of ovariectomize

From ovariectomy + -ize.

Questions about ovariectomize

What does ovariectomize mean?
Ovariectomize means to remove the ovaries from.
What part of speech is ovariectomize?
Ovariectomize is a verb.
What is the past tense of ovariectomize?
The past tense of ovariectomize is ovariectomized.

Words near ovariectomize in the dictionary

  1. ovariectomise
  2. ovariectomised
  3. ovariectomises
  4. ovariectomising
  5. ovariectomization
  6. ovariectomize
  7. ovariectomized
  8. ovariectomizes
  9. ovariectomizing
  10. ovariectomy
  11. ovaried

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