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pneumatize

pneumatize verb: to fill with air cavities.

Verb

pneumatize (third-person singular simple present pneumatizes, present participle pneumatizing, simple past and past participle pneumatized)

  1. To fill with air cavities.
    • The sacci cervicales pneumatize the cervical and dorsal vertebræ and the ribs.1908, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, page 390

Forms of pneumatize

third-person singular presentpneumatizes
present participlepneumatizing
past participlepneumatized
pastpneumatized

Questions about pneumatize

What does pneumatize mean?
Pneumatize means to fill with air cavities.
What part of speech is pneumatize?
Pneumatize is a verb.
What is the past tense of pneumatize?
The past tense of pneumatize is pneumatized.

Words near pneumatize in the dictionary

  1. pneumatism
  2. pneumatist
  3. pneumatists
  4. pneumatization
  5. pneumatizations
  6. pneumatize
  7. pneumatized
  8. pneumatizes
  9. pneumatizing
  10. pneumato-
  11. pneumatocele

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