Medical Dictionary
marsupialize
vt mar·su·pi·al·ize
mar·su·pi·al·ized or chiefly British mar·su·pi·al·isedmar·su·pi·al·iz·ing or chiefly British mar·su·pi·al·is·ing
Medical Definition of MARSUPIALIZE
: to open (as the bladder or a cyst) and sew by the edges to the abdominal wound to permit further treatment (as of an enclosed tumor) or to discharge pathological matter (as from a hydatid cyst)
Variants of MARSUPIALIZE
mar·su·pi·al·ize or chiefly British mar·su·pi·al·ise \mär-ˈsü-pē-ə-ˌlīz\
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