operation
- noun
- /ˌɑːpəˈreɪʃən/
- The surgeons performed a complex operation to remove the tumor safely.
- perform an operation
- knee operation
- post-operation
I got flown in to do an operation in in Holland.
- I got flown in to do an operation in in Holland.
- Not long after I got the cancer diagnosis, had the operation, the mastectomy.
- C-section is an important operation in the field of obstetrics, right?
- Are they paying for their child's operation to save their life?
- But, but the fact of the matter is we now are able to do that operation routinely and safely.
- OK, that means pre operation, post operation.
- And it was a very difficult operation.
- And then they hurried me because it was almost too late to the operation room.
- But either way, there is a needle involved in the whole operation, so why doesn't it hurt every time?
- I mean, that's now like a quick operation in and outs to have a new knee.
- So then, would we recommend performing this operation?
Examples
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By then, he needed a cane and had had one operation on his eyes.
Fiction book (1991) -
It'll pay for my baby's entire operation.
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- That heart operation I had two years ago.
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The girls had heard this before... but 14 years ago, I had an operation on my arm here.
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But I told him, ever since the operation, I told him not to touch me.
Fiction book (1990) -
I'm gonna have to have an operation, maybe even a couple of 'em.
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Are they paying for their child's operation to save their life?
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Alex, from Chester, has been waiting for a gallbladder operation for nearly six months.
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I had a skin-graft operation, where they put half my right thigh in my face.
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I'd been in a hospital twice: once for a hernia operation; another time for pneumonia.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
An operation in which a doctor cuts into the body to treat or repair it
Operations that repair body parts or change them to improve looks
An operation on the heart to fix a disease or problem
A medical operation that uses cuts to treat disease or injury
An operation that fixes body parts so they look and work better after injury or disease
Surgery that removes part of an organ or tissue
A medical treatment where a doctor makes a cut to fix, remove, or replace a part of the body
A medical operation that cuts out tissue or a growth
Removal of part of the body by surgery to treat a disease
A surgery on the eye to fix vision or treat eye problems
Removal of an organ or tumor by surgery without cutting it open
An operation where a surgeon cuts the body to fix or remove a problem
Surgery that rebuilds damaged body parts to restore how they look and work
Surgery to repair a body part using tissue from another part of the person's body
A medical treatment that uses very cold liquid to destroy unwanted skin or body tissue
Idioms
Compounds
Secret work by police or agents who hide their identity to gather evidence
- Specialized
A secret activity by a government to gather information about an enemy or threat
A military mission to stop fighting and make an area calm between groups or countries
- Archaic
Medical treatment with surgery and hormones that helps a person live as a different gender
A US-led military attack in 1991 that quickly forced Iraq's army out of Kuwait
- Formal
A secret activity planned and done to stay hidden, often by spies or soldiers
- Specialized
A medical treatment where a doctor makes a cut to fix, remove, or replace a part of the body
- Specialized
A military action that tries to change what people think or feel
- Jargon
A secret action that hides who did it, often for political or military reasons
- Specialized
A military action that lands soldiers from ships onto a shore
- Specialized
A calculation that uses numbers with decimals often done by a computer
- Specialized
A calculation with numbers like adding, subtracting, multiplying or dividing
- Specialized
A calculation in math like adding, subtracting, multiplying or dividing numbers
- Specialized
An operation with two inputs that gives a true or false result
- Specialized
A rule that combines two values into one result, like addition or AND
- Specialized
A rule that uses true and false inputs to give a true or false result like AND, OR, NOT
A police action in which officers pretend to buy illegal drugs to arrest sellers
- Specialized
A mental process that changes information, like thinking or remembering
- Specialized
A military action done together by two or more allied countries using land, sea, and air forces
- Specialized
An action that starts, changes, or stops a device working with data
- Specialized
An action that runs without waiting for other tasks so the program keeps working
- Specialized
A task performed by equipment outside the main computer, for example a printer or external drive
- Specialized
A secret action to take someone to safety from a dangerous area
- Specialized
A secret action to send data out of a computer or network to steal it
- Specialized
An action that runs for a set number of regular time steps in machines or computers
- Specialized
A rule that gives 1 when more than half the inputs are 1 and 0 otherwise
- NSFW
An attack where someone blows themselves up to kill or hurt others for a cause
A large American attack in World War I that helped push back German soldiers
- Specialized
A math or programming action that takes only one input, like negation
- Specialized
A way of doing two or more tasks at the same time by sharing resources
- Specialized
An operation that sews the lower part of the womb closed during pregnancy to prevent early birth
- Specialized
Organized effort to recover data and restart computer systems after a computer attack or failure
- Formal
Actions that police or soldiers take to stop and control a violent crowd during a riot
- Offensive
An attack in which a person kills or injures others and also dies, usually using a bomb
- Specialized
An action done by equipment not connected to or controlled by the main computer
- Specialized
An activity by military or intelligence groups done openly, not secretly
- Specialized
Doing more than one task at the same time on computers or machines
- Specialized
Tasks happen one after another, each starting after the last finishes
- Specialized
An operation that follows a regular clock so events happen at expected times
- Specialized
A process that checks values against a set level and marks which values meet it
- Specialized
A surgical operation that puts a stitch around the cervix to stop it opening too early in pregnancy
- Specialized
A training activity where soldiers rehearse battle actions in realistic conditions without real fighting
- Formal
A planned military action with clear goals that is often secret
How Invasive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Operation comes from Latin operari, meaning 'to work', and is the same root as operate. A medical operation is literally when a doctor 'works on' the body to fix a problem.