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ovariectomized

ovariectomized is the simple past and past participle of ovariectomize.

Meaning of ovariectomize

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

Questions about ovariectomized

What is ovariectomized the simple past and past participle of?
Ovariectomized is the simple past and past participle of ovariectomize.

Words near ovariectomized in the dictionary

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

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