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to exteriorize

to exteriorize

9.9
Bring an organ or part of the body out of the body during surgery
  • verb
  • /ɪkˈstɪəriəˌraɪz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : exteriorizar
  • The surgeon carefully exteriorized the patient's heart to repair the damaged valve.

Examples

  • During the surgical procedure, the doctor expertly exteriorized the inflamed appendix for closer examination.

  • Immediately after slaughter, the abdomen was cut open, the complex stomach was exteriorized, and the full weights were recorded.

    Academic text (2013)

  • In the operation, they exteriorized the tissue to assess its viability before making any further decisions.

Surface Forms

exteriorize infinitive
exteriorized past
exteriorized past participle
exteriorizing present participle
exteriorizes third person singular

Morphology

exteriorize = exterior (semi-transparent) = exterior + ize

Morphologically regular (exterior + -ize = make external) but the sense is specialized medical usage ('bring outside the body'), which may not be obvious to general learners.

Etymology

Exteriorize comes from the prefix ex- 'out' and the word exterior 'outside', the same idea you see in exit and external. In medicine it means to bring an organ or tissue out of the body so doctors can see or treat it.