exteriorize

[ ik-steer-ee-uh-rahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, ex·te·ri·or·ized, ex·te·ri·or·iz·ing.

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

exteriorize

/ 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

Derived Forms

• exˌterioriˈzation, noun

Other Words From

• ex·teri·or·i·zation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of exteriorize¹

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

“You need a database of life and emotions in order to be a good actor. Otherwise, you kind of repeat yourself or just exteriorize it and become like a lot of the Hollywood starlets, basically a photographed model. And that was never my intention. I was so hungry just to live a little.”

From Washington Post

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

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 Project Gutenberg