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HYPOPHYSECTOMIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they hypophysectomize ... he / she / it hypophysectomizes
Past simple: hypophysectomized
Past participle: hypophysectomized
-ing form: hypophysectomizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Remove the pituitary glands
Synonyms:
hypophysectomise; hypophysectomize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "hypophysectomize" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Domain category:
operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
hypophysectomy (surgical removal of the pituitary gland)
