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overassisting

overassisting is the present participle and gerund 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 overassisting

What is overassisting the present participle and gerund of?
Overassisting is the present participle and gerund of overassist.

Words near overassisting in the dictionary

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

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