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thoracotomize

thoracotomize is the alternative form of thoracotomise.

Meaning of thoracotomise

Verb

thoracotomise (third-person singular simple present thoracotomises, present participle thoracotomising, simple past and past participle thoracotomised)

  1. To perform, or to undergo thoracotomy
    • Another method of dissociating the dual influence of central drive and lung inflation is to thoracotomise an otherwise intact anaesthetised animal and to ventilate its lungs with a pump.1976, AW Duggan, JG Hall, PM Headley, “Morphine, enkephalin and the substantia gelatinosa”, in Nature

Forms of thoracotomize

third-person singular presentthoracotomizes
present participlethoracotomizing
past participlethoracotomized
pastthoracotomized

Questions about thoracotomize

What is thoracotomize the alternative form of?
Thoracotomize is the alternative form of thoracotomise.

Words near thoracotomize in the dictionary

  1. thoracotomies
  2. thoracotomise
  3. thoracotomised
  4. thoracotomises
  5. thoracotomising
  6. thoracotomize
  7. thoracotomized
  8. thoracotomizes
  9. thoracotomizing
  10. thoracotomy
  11. thoracotrematan

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thoracotomize (page history and authors); thoracotomise (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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