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vitrectomize

vitrectomize verb: to carry out vitrectomy upon.

Verb

vitrectomize (third-person singular simple present vitrectomizes, present participle vitrectomizing, simple past and past participle vitrectomized)

  1. To carry out vitrectomy upon.
    • Future studies could evaluate the posterior lens pole movement during accommodation in phakic vitrectomized eyes of children or young adults (i.e., nonpresbyopic individuals) to clarify the role of vitreous in accommodation.2015 July 6, Mahmoud Mohamed Farouk et al., “Optical Coherence Tomography Reveals New Insights into the Accommodation Mechanism”, in Journal of Ophthalmology, volume 2015, →DOI

Forms of vitrectomize

third-person singular presentvitrectomizes
present participlevitrectomizing
past participlevitrectomized
pastvitrectomized

Origin of vitrectomize

From vitrectomy + -ize.

Words formed from vitrectomize

Questions about vitrectomize

What does vitrectomize mean?
Vitrectomize means to carry out vitrectomy upon.
What part of speech is vitrectomize?
Vitrectomize is a verb.
What is the past tense of vitrectomize?
The past tense of vitrectomize is vitrectomized.

Words near vitrectomize in the dictionary

  1. vitrectome
  2. vitrectomes
  3. vitrectomies
  4. vitrectomise
  5. vitrectomised
  6. vitrectomize
  7. vitrectomized
  8. vitrectomizes
  9. vitrectomizing
  10. vitrectomy
  11. vitrector

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