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overassists

overassists is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 overassists

What is overassists the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overassists is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overassist.

Words near overassists in the dictionary

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

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