exteriorize
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ex·te·ri·or·ize
(ĭk-stîr′ē-ə-rīz′)tr.v. ex·te·ri·or·ized, ex·te·ri·or·iz·ing, ex·te·ri·or·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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exteriorize
(ɪkˈstɪərɪəˌraɪz) orexteriorise
vb (tr)
1. (Surgery) surgery to expose (an attached organ or part) outside a body cavity, esp in order to remove it from an operating area
2. another word for externalize
exˌterioriˈzation, exˌterioriˈsation n
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ex•te•ri•or•ize
(ɪkˈstɪər i əˌraɪz)v.t. -ized, -iz•ing.
1. to externalize.
2. Surg. to expose (an internal part) to the outside.
[1875–80]
ex•te`ri•or•i•za′tion, n.
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exteriorize
Past participle: exteriorized
Gerund: exteriorizing
| Imperative |
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| exteriorize |
| exteriorize |
| Present |
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| I exteriorize |
| you exteriorize |
| he/she/it exteriorizes |
| we exteriorize |
| you exteriorize |
| they exteriorize |
| Preterite |
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| I exteriorized |
| you exteriorized |
| he/she/it exteriorized |
| we exteriorized |
| you exteriorized |
| they exteriorized |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am exteriorizing |
| you are exteriorizing |
| he/she/it is exteriorizing |
| we are exteriorizing |
| you are exteriorizing |
| they are exteriorizing |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have exteriorized |
| you have exteriorized |
| he/she/it has exteriorized |
| we have exteriorized |
| you have exteriorized |
| they have exteriorized |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was exteriorizing |
| you were exteriorizing |
| he/she/it was exteriorizing |
| we were exteriorizing |
| you were exteriorizing |
| they were exteriorizing |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had exteriorized |
| you had exteriorized |
| he/she/it had exteriorized |
| we had exteriorized |
| you had exteriorized |
| they had exteriorized |
| Future |
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| I will exteriorize |
| you will exteriorize |
| he/she/it will exteriorize |
| we will exteriorize |
| you will exteriorize |
| they will exteriorize |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have exteriorized |
| you will have exteriorized |
| he/she/it will have exteriorized |
| we will have exteriorized |
| you will have exteriorized |
| they will have exteriorized |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be exteriorizing |
| you will be exteriorizing |
| he/she/it will be exteriorizing |
| we will be exteriorizing |
| you will be exteriorizing |
| they will be exteriorizing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been exteriorizing |
| you have been exteriorizing |
| he/she/it has been exteriorizing |
| we have been exteriorizing |
| you have been exteriorizing |
| they have been exteriorizing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been exteriorizing |
| you will have been exteriorizing |
| he/she/it will have been exteriorizing |
| we will have been exteriorizing |
| you will have been exteriorizing |
| they will have been exteriorizing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been exteriorizing |
| you had been exteriorizing |
| he/she/it had been exteriorizing |
| we had been exteriorizing |
| you had been exteriorizing |
| they had been exteriorizing |
| Conditional |
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| I would exteriorize |
| you would exteriorize |
| he/she/it would exteriorize |
| we would exteriorize |
| you would exteriorize |
| they would exteriorize |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have exteriorized |
| you would have exteriorized |
| he/she/it would have exteriorized |
| we would have exteriorized |
| you would have exteriorized |
| they would have exteriorized |
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Verb 1. exteriorize - bring outside the body for surgery, of organs
2. exteriorize - make external or objective, or give reality to; "language externalizes our thoughts"
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exteriorize
verbTo represent (an abstraction, for example) in or as if in bodily form:
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ex·te·ri·or·ize
vt. exteriorizar, exponer un órgano o una parte temporalmente.
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