exteriorize

American  

[ik-steer-ee-uh-rahyz] / ɪkˈstɪər i əˌraɪz /

especially British, exteriorise

verb (used with object)

exteriorized, exteriorizing

1. to make exterior; externalize.

2. Surgery. to expose (an internal structure) temporarily outside the body, for observation, surgery, or experimentation.

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exteriorize British  

/ ɪkˈstɪərɪəˌraɪz /

verb

1. 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

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Other Word Forms

• exteriorization noun

Etymology

Origin of exteriorize

First recorded in 1875–80; exterior + -ize

Example Sentences

Sanders has spent his life transposing heavy human thought into gusting human breath, but hearing him exteriorize a few casual brain waves this intimately might be what finally blows you clean out of your life.

From Washington Post • Sep. 1, 2021

Says Francoise: "It forces me to exteriorize my sentiments, using only my voice, my eyes and my face."

From Time Magazine Archive

Fr�maux at first wanted to compose, but decided that it did not give him enough chance to "exteriorize myself."

From Time Magazine Archive

Now, if that spirit of homage within us is sincere, it will naturally seek to exteriorize itself; if it is to be preserved, it must "out."

From Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals by Stapleton, John H. (John Henry)

He claims to have been able not merely to cause a hypnotized subject to exteriorize her astral self, but to mould this vapory substance as a sculptor models wax.

From The Shadow World by Garland, Hamlin