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ovariectomizing

ovariectomizing is the present participle and gerund 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 ovariectomizing

What is ovariectomizing the present participle and gerund of?
Ovariectomizing is the present participle and gerund of ovariectomize.

Words near ovariectomizing in the dictionary

  1. ovariectomising
  2. ovariectomization
  3. ovariectomize
  4. ovariectomized
  5. ovariectomizes
  6. ovariectomizing
  7. ovariectomy
  8. ovaried
  9. ovaries
  10. ovaries of steel
  11. ovario-

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