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⚙️ Ability to work 🏥 Suitability for surgery
operability

operability

6.7
How likely surgery can be done safely for a patient or tumor
  • noun
  • /ˌɑːpəˈræbɪlɪti/
  • Specialized
translation icon : operabilidad
  • The doctor evaluated the operability of the tumor before making a treatment plan.

Examples

  • Low operability may mean that surgery is too risky for the patient.

  • Advances in technology have improved the operability of previously untreatable conditions.

  • The operability is excellent.

  • The operability of the tumor will be assessed before any surgery.

  • The doctor evaluated the operability of the tumor before making a treatment plan.

  • Advances in technology have improved the operability of previously untreatable conditions.

  • Low operability may mean that surgery is too risky for the patient.

How Operable

operability
  • Specialized
6.7
inoperability
  • Specialized
9.1

Surface Forms

operability singular
operabilities plural

Morphology

operability = operable (semi-transparent) = operate + able + ity

Morphologically regular ('operable' + '-ity'), but the medical sense 'suitability for surgery' is a specialized technical extension that may not be obvious to general learners.

Etymology

Operability comes from operate, which can also mean an 'operation' in surgery, and the ending -ability, which means 'can be done'. So in medicine operability is whether a patient, organ, or tumor 'can be operated on' successfully.