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exteriorize

 
Dictionary: ex·te·ri·or·ize   (ĭk-stîr'ē-ə-rīz') pronunciation
tr.v., -ized, -iz·ing, -iz·es.
  1. To turn outward; externalize: They exteriorized their feelings of sympathy by erecting monuments to the deceased.
  2. Medicine. To expose (an internal organ or body part), as in surgery.

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verb

    To represent (an abstraction, for example) in or as if in bodily form: body forth, embody, externalize, incarnate, manifest, materialize, objectify, personalize, personify, substantiate. See substitute.

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(ĭk-stēr'ē-ə-rīz')
v., -ized, -iz·ing, -iz·es.
  1. To turn outward; externalize.
  2. To direct a patient's interest, thoughts, or feelings into a channel leading outside himself or herself.
  3. To expose an internal organ temporarily for observation, or permanently for physiological experiment or surgery.
Veterinary Dictionary: exteriorize
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To transpose an internal organ to the exterior of the body.

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: bring outside the body for surgery, of organs
  Synonym: bring outside

Meaning #2: make external or objective, or give reality to
  Synonyms: exteriorise, externalize, externalise, objectify


 
 

 

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