Deroof

verb

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

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

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

Etymology

From de- + roof.

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