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HYPOPHYSECTOMIZE

Dictionary entry overview: What does hypophysectomize mean?

• HYPOPHYSECTOMIZE (verb)
The verb HYPOPHYSECTOMIZE has 1 sense:

1. remove the pituitary glands

Familiarity information: HYPOPHYSECTOMIZE used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HYPOPHYSECTOMIZE (verb)

Sense 1

hypophysectomize ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Remove the pituitary glands

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

hypophysectomise; hypophysectomize

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

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