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surgerize

surgerize verb: to perform surgery upon.

Verb

surgerize (third-person singular simple present surgerizes, present participle surgerizing, simple past and past participle surgerized)

  1. (transitive) To perform surgery upon.
    • […] surgerize the patient. Before the full effect had been obtained, however, she haemorrhaged severely so I determined to hospitalize her at once. She was admitted on the following day when I operated […]1922, Toronto. St. Michael's Hospital, St. Michael's Hospital Medical Bulletin (page 36)
    • […] surgerize the patient more than once to obtain the desired result.1977, Richard W. Chaikin, Elements of Surgical Treatment in the Delivery of Periodontal Therapy, page 21

Forms of surgerize

third-person singular presentsurgerizes
present participlesurgerizing
past participlesurgerized
pastsurgerized

Origin of surgerize

surgery + -ize

Questions about surgerize

What does surgerize mean?
Surgerize means to perform surgery upon.
What part of speech is surgerize?
Surgerize is a verb.
What is the past tense of surgerize?
The past tense of surgerize is surgerized.

Words near surgerize in the dictionary

  1. surgeonship
  2. surgeonships
  3. surgeproof
  4. surgerant
  5. surgeries
  6. surgerize
  7. surgerized
  8. surgerizes
  9. surgerizing
  10. surgery
  11. surgery hours

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