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tracheostomize

tracheostomize verb: to perform tracheostomy on.

Verb

tracheostomize (third-person singular simple present tracheostomizes, present participle tracheostomizing, simple past and past participle tracheostomized)

  1. (transitive) To perform tracheostomy on.

Forms of tracheostomize

third-person singular presenttracheostomizes
present participletracheostomizing
past participletracheostomized
pasttracheostomized

Origin of tracheostomize

From tracheostomy + -ize.

Questions about tracheostomize

What does tracheostomize mean?
Tracheostomize means to perform tracheostomy on.
What part of speech is tracheostomize?
Tracheostomize is a verb.
What is the past tense of tracheostomize?
The past tense of tracheostomize is tracheostomized.

Words near tracheostomize in the dictionary

  1. tracheostomies
  2. tracheostomise
  3. tracheostomised
  4. tracheostomises
  5. tracheostomising
  6. tracheostomize
  7. tracheostomized
  8. tracheostomizes
  9. tracheostomizing
  10. tracheostomy
  11. tracheosyringeal

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