Hypophysectomize (original) (raw)

I. (verb)

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)