deroof

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verb

To remove part of the outer wall of (a cyst, etc.) to aid healing.

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Meanings

verbderoof (third-person singular simple present deroofs, present participle deroofing, simple past and past participle deroofed)

present singular third person deroofs · participle present deroofing · participle past deroofed · past deroofed

  1. transitiveTo remove part of the outer wall of (a cyst, etc.) to aid healing.

    The patient was managed by a combination of preoperative and postoperative antihelminthic therapy along with laparotomy, cyst deroofing, toileting and omentoplasty.

    2013 August 2, Nishchit Hegde, Bharati Hiremath, “Primary peritoneal hydatidosis”, in BMJ Case Reports, volume 2013, →DOI

Origin

From de- + roof.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

roofedFeodordooferfooder
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deroof,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deroof.

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