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HYPOPHYSECTOMISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hypophysectomise mean?
• HYPOPHYSECTOMISE (verb)
The verb HYPOPHYSECTOMISE has 1 sense:
1. remove the pituitary glands
Familiarity information: HYPOPHYSECTOMISE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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... he / she / it hypophysectomises Past simple: hypophysectomised
Past participle: hypophysectomised
-ing form: hypophysectomising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Remove the pituitary glands
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
hypophysectomise; hypophysectomize
Hypernyms (to "hypophysectomise" 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)
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