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neurectomy (medicine) and whiten (iou)


neurectomy (medicine)


neurectomy
<procedure> Excision of a segment of a nerve.

Synonym: neuroectomy.

Origin: neur-+ G. Ektome, excision


whiten (iou)



whiten verb. ME.
[from WHITE adjective + -EN5.]
verb trans. Make white or whiter; make pale or paler; spec. (a) whitewash; (b) bleach. ME.
M. Chabon A hard heel of brown bread whitened with margarine. absol.: P. Benson He was in the stripping shed, whitening.
b. fig. Free or clear from evil, guilt, etc.; cause to seem right or good; give a specious appearance to. LME.
H. Spencer By selecting the evidence any society may be relatively..whitened.
verb intrans. Become or grow white or whiter; turn pale, esp. from fear. M17.
T. McGuane Around the bases of the piers the green water was racing and whitening. S. Rushdie The whitened knuckles of the hand which gripped the sack revealed his determined frame of mind.
whitener noun a person who or thing which whitens; spec. a bleaching agent: E17.
whitening noun (a) the action of the verb; an instance of this; (b) = WHITING noun2 2: E17.