exteriorize (redirected from exteriorizing)

exteriorize /ex·te·ri·or·ize/ (ek-stēr´e-ah-rīz)

1. to form a correct mental reference of the image of an object seen.

2. in psychiatry, to turn one's interest outward.

3. to transpose an internal organ to the exterior of the body.

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ex·te·ri·or·ize (k-stîr--rz)

v.

1. To turn outward; externalize.

2. To direct a patient's interest, thoughts, or feelings into a channel leading outside himself or herself.

3. To expose an internal organ temporarily for observation, or permanently for physiological experiment or surgery.

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exteriorize

to transpose an internal organ to the exterior of the body.