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peritomize

peritomize verb: to perform a peritomy upon.

Verb

peritomize (third-person singular simple present peritomizes, present participle peritomizing, simple past and past participle peritomized)

  1. (transitive) To perform a peritomy upon.

Forms of peritomize

third-person singular presentperitomizes
present participleperitomizing
past participleperitomized
pastperitomized

Origin of peritomize

From peritomy + -ize.

Questions about peritomize

What does peritomize mean?
Peritomize means to perform a peritomy upon.
What part of speech is peritomize?
Peritomize is a verb.
What is the past tense of peritomize?
The past tense of peritomize is peritomized.

Words near peritomize in the dictionary

  1. perithyroidal
  2. periti
  3. peritidal
  4. peritidally
  5. peritomies
  6. peritomize
  7. peritomized
  8. peritomizes
  9. peritomizing
  10. peritomous
  11. peritomy

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