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sympathectomize

sympathectomize verb: to perform sympathectomy upon.

Verb

sympathectomize (third-person singular simple present sympathectomizes, present participle sympathectomizing, simple past and past participle sympathectomized)

  1. (transitive) To perform sympathectomy upon
    • Young adult rats were chemically sympathectomized or treated with Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide or Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide 10-28, a receptor antagonist.2015 October 29, “Periosteum Metabolism and Nerve Fiber Positioning Depend on Interactions between Osteoblasts and Peripheral Innervation in Rat Mandible”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of sympathectomize

third-person singular presentsympathectomizes
present participlesympathectomizing
past participlesympathectomized
pastsympathectomized

Origin of sympathectomize

From sympathectomy + -ize.

Questions about sympathectomize

What does sympathectomize mean?
Sympathectomize means to perform sympathectomy upon.
What part of speech is sympathectomize?
Sympathectomize is a verb.
What is the past tense of sympathectomize?
The past tense of sympathectomize is sympathectomized.

Words near sympathectomize in the dictionary

  1. sympalmographs
  2. sympatectomy
  3. sympathecolytic
  4. sympathectomies
  5. sympathectomised
  6. sympathectomize
  7. sympathectomized
  8. sympathectomizes
  9. sympathectomizing
  10. sympathectomy
  11. sympathetectomies

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