Exteriorize (Verb)
Meaning 1
Make external or objective, or give reality to; "language externalizes our thoughts".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
Bring outside the body for surgery, of organs.
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Examples
- During the surgery, the surgeons carefully exteriorized the patient's bowel to repair the damaged section.
- To access the injury, the medical team exteriorized the patient's small intestine and carefully resected the damaged portion.
- The surgical team exteriorized the patient's liver and attached it to a bypass machine to remove the tumor.
- Exteriorizing the patient's kidney allowed the surgeons to precisely repair the damage without having to work inside the body.
- The doctor exteriorized a portion of the patient's esophagus to remove the blockage and restore the patient's ability to swallow.