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operative

operative

7 7.0
Relating to treatment by surgery rather than by medicine
  • adjective
  • /ˈɑːpərətɪv/
  • Specialized
translation icon : quirúrgico
  • If traction failed, then operative treatment was undertaken in the form of revision surgery.
  • operative procedure
  • operative techniques
  • operative intervention

Examples

  • None of the patients were exposed to the operative risks of ectropion, infection, implant extrusion, bleeding, or blindness.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Patient demographics, pathology results, operative time, technique, and outcomes are all reported.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Do you have experience working in these specific post operative cases or with this?

  • Some surgeons routinely review the prior operative report, while others do not find such review helpful.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Forty-six children had at least one operative procedure under anaesthetic by age 24 months.

    Academic text (2002)
  • The charts were analyzed for demographic information, hospital stay, operative technique, and early and late complications.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Unstable fractures of the tibia and fibula may require operative reduction and surgical stabilization.

    Academic text (2006)
  • A low thoracic epidural procedure with bupivacaine infusion for intra- and post-operative pain relief was planned.

    Academic text (2007)
  • The surgeon explained the operative procedure in detail before the patient went to surgery.

  • In the operative stage of the treatment, the doctor performed several key surgical techniques.

Synonyms

surgical
vsoperative
  • Specialized
224 4.2

Relating to a medical operation to repair or remove body parts

emphasizes contrast with treatments that avoid cutting or internal intervention

Antonyms

1 3.9

A treatment done without an operation on the body

Compounds

operative field
  • Specialized
1 6.7

The area of the body exposed and prepared for surgery

A country in northeastern South America that became independent from the United Kingdom in 1966

How Operated

operative
  • Specialized
7 7.0

Surface Forms

operative positive

Morphology

operative = operate (transparent) = operate + ive

Clearly formed from the verb 'operate' plus the adjectival suffix '-ive' meaning 'relating to or used in (surgery)'.

Etymology

Operative comes from the Latin root oper meaning 'work', the same root as operate and operation. In medicine an operative procedure is something that involves 'working' on the body, so it refers to surgery.