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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) or

exteriorise

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.

exteriorize

Past participle: exteriorized
Gerund: exteriorizing

Imperative
exteriorize
exteriorize

Present
I exteriorize
you exteriorize
he/she/it exteriorizes
we exteriorize
you exteriorize
they exteriorize

Preterite
I exteriorized
you exteriorized
he/she/it exteriorized
we exteriorized
you exteriorized
they exteriorized

Present Continuous
I am exteriorizing
you are exteriorizing
he/she/it is exteriorizing
we are exteriorizing
you are exteriorizing
they are exteriorizing

Present Perfect
I have exteriorized
you have exteriorized
he/she/it has exteriorized
we have exteriorized
you have exteriorized
they have exteriorized

Past Continuous
I was exteriorizing
you were exteriorizing
he/she/it was exteriorizing
we were exteriorizing
you were exteriorizing
they were exteriorizing

Past Perfect
I had exteriorized
you had exteriorized
he/she/it had exteriorized
we had exteriorized
you had exteriorized
they had exteriorized

Future
I will exteriorize
you will exteriorize
he/she/it will exteriorize
we will exteriorize
you will exteriorize
they will exteriorize

Future Perfect
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
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
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
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
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
I would exteriorize
you would exteriorize
he/she/it would exteriorize
we would exteriorize
you would exteriorize
they would exteriorize

Past Conditional
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 bring outside move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"
	2.	exteriorize - make external or objective, or give reality to; "language externalizes our thoughts" exteriorise, objectify, externalise, externalize alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"

exteriorize

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.

Translations

exteriorize

[eksˈtɪərɪəraɪz] VT → exteriorizar

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ex·te·ri·or·ize

vt. exteriorizar, exponer un órgano o una parte temporalmente.

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