surgerize

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verb

To perform surgery upon.

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Meanings

verbsurgerize (third-person singular simple present surgerizes, present participle surgerizing, simple past and past participle surgerized)

present singular third person surgerizes · participle present surgerizing · participle past surgerized · past surgerized

  1. transitivemedicineTo perform surgery upon.

    […] surgerize the patient more than once to obtain the desired result.

    1977, Richard W. Chaikin, Elements of Surgical Treatment in the Delivery of Periodontal Therapy, page 21
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    […] surgerize the patient. Before the full effect had been obtained, however, she haemorrhaged severely so I determined to hospitalize her at once. She was admitted on the following day when I operated […]

    1922, Toronto. St. Michael's Hospital, St. Michael's Hospital Medical Bulletin (page 36)

Origin

surgery + -ize

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APA

surgerize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surgerize

MLA

“surgerize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surgerize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “surgerize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surgerize.

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