deroof
verbEtymology From de- + roof.
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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.2013 August 2, Nishchit Hegde, Bharati Hiremath, “Primary peritoneal hydatidosis”, in BMJ Case Reports, volume 2013, →DOI: