deroof

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

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Definition of deroof

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

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

From de- + roof.

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