Medical Dictionary
2open
verb
openedopen·ing
Medical Definition of OPEN
transitive verb
1
a : to make available for entry or passage by removing (as a cover) or clearing away (as an obstruction) b : to free (a body passage) of congestion or occlusion <an inhalator for opening congested nasal passages> <open clogged arteries>
2
: to make one or more openings in <opened the boil>
intransitive verb
: to spread out <the wound opened>
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