Surgical operation Uncommon

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Definitions

Noun

a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body

"they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"

"he died while undergoing surgery"

operation surgery surgical operation surgical procedure surgical process

Related Terms

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

medical procedure

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

catheterization ablation amputation angioplasty arthroplasty arthroscopy brain surgery castration cautery chemosurgery craniotomy cryosurgery curettage debridement decortication dilation and curettage electrosurgery enterostomy enucleation wrong-site surgery evisceration exenteration eye operation fenestration gastrectomy gastroenterostomy gastrostomy heart surgery hemorrhoidectomy hysterotomy implantation intestinal bypass jejunostomy major surgery microsurgery minor surgery myotomy myringectomy myringoplasty myringotomy neurosurgery orchiopexy osteotomy ostomy palatopharyngoplasty phlebectomy photocoagulation plastic surgery polypectomy resection rhinotomy rhizotomy sex-change operation Shirodkar's operation sterilization strabotomy taxis tracheostomy transplant trephination tympanoplasty uranoplasty vasovasostomy vivisection

Rhyming Words

ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion

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