deroof

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ roof.

Verb

deroof (third-person singular simple present deroofs, present participle deroofing, simple past and past participle deroofed)

1. (transitive) To remove part of the outer wall of (a cyst, etc.) to aid healing.
   • 2013 August 2, Nishchit Hegde, Bharati Hiremath, “Primary peritoneal hydatidosis”, in BMJ Case Reports‎^[1], volume 2013, →DOI:

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

Anagrams

• doofer, fooder, foredo, roofed