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overassisted

overassisted is the simple past and past participle of overassist.

Meaning of overassist

Verb

overassist (third-person singular simple present overassists, present participle overassisting, simple past and past participle overassisted)

  1. To assist to an excessive degree.
    • One of the drawbacks of this mode is that if high values are introduced and high percentage of assistance is used, the ventilator can overassist the patient and fail to recognize the end of patient breath.2015, Yatin Mehta, Textbook of Critical Care, page 185

Questions about overassisted

What is overassisted the simple past and past participle of?
Overassisted is the simple past and past participle of overassist.

Words near overassisted in the dictionary

  1. overassesses
  2. overassessing
  3. overassessment
  4. overassessments
  5. overassist
  6. overassisted
  7. overassisting
  8. overassists
  9. overassumption
  10. overassumptions
  11. overassured

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