surgery
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures
he is professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School
Types & categories
- medical science hypernym
Related & opposite
- operative derivation
- surgical derivation
- ligation has domain topic
- surgical operation has domain topic
- centesis has domain topic
- drain has domain topic
- landmark has domain topic
- stoma has domain topic
- transplant has domain topic
- amastia has domain topic
- phlebothrombosis has domain topic
- ligate has domain topic
- extirpate has domain topic
- enucleate has domain topic
- exenterate has domain topic
- decerebrate has domain topic
- maxillofacial has domain topic
Sense 2 noun
a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted
he read the warning in the doctor's surgery
Types & categories
- room hypernym
Related & opposite
- Great Britain domain region
Sense 3 noun
a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations
great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic
Types & categories
- hospital room hypernym
Sense 4 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
Types & categories
- medical procedure hypernym
- catheterization hyponym
- extirpation hyponym
- amputation hyponym
- angioplasty hyponym
- arthroplasty hyponym
- arthroscopy hyponym
- brain surgery hyponym
- castration hyponym
- cauterization hyponym
- chemosurgery hyponym
- craniotomy hyponym
- cryosurgery hyponym
- curettage hyponym
- debridement hyponym
- decortication hyponym
- dilation and curettage hyponym
- electrosurgery hyponym
- enterostomy hyponym
- enucleation hyponym
- wrong-site surgery hyponym
- evisceration hyponym
- exenteration hyponym
- eye operation hyponym
- fenestration hyponym
- gastrectomy hyponym
- gastroenterostomy hyponym
- gastrostomy hyponym
- heart surgery hyponym
- hemorrhoidectomy hyponym
- hysterotomy hyponym
- implantation hyponym
- intestinal bypass hyponym
- jejunostomy hyponym
- major surgery hyponym
- microsurgery hyponym
- minor surgery hyponym
- myotomy hyponym
- myringectomy hyponym
- myringoplasty hyponym
- myringotomy hyponym
- neurosurgery hyponym
- orchiopexy hyponym
- osteotomy hyponym
- ostomy hyponym
- palatopharyngoplasty hyponym
- phlebectomy hyponym
- photocoagulation hyponym
- plastic surgery hyponym
- polypectomy hyponym
- resection hyponym
- rhinotomy hyponym
- rhizotomy hyponym
- sex-change operation hyponym
- Shirodkar's operation hyponym
- sterilization hyponym
- strabotomy hyponym
- taxis hyponym
- tracheostomy hyponym
- transplantation hyponym
- trephination hyponym
- tympanoplasty hyponym
- uranoplasty hyponym
- vasovasostomy hyponym
- vivisection hyponym
Parts & wholes
- hemostasis part meronym
- surgical incision part meronym
- suturing part meronym
Related & opposite
- operate on derivation
- operative derivation
- surgery domain topic
- freeze has domain topic
- suction has domain topic
- decorticate has domain topic
- ablate has domain topic
- hypophysectomize has domain topic
- trepan has domain topic
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | operative |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | surgical |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | ligation |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | surgical operation |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | centesis |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | drain |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | landmark |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | stoma |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | transplant |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | amastia |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | phlebothrombosis |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | ligate |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | extirpate |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | enucleate |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | exenterate |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | decerebrate |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | maxillofacial |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | medical science |
| 2 | domain region | Related & opposite | Great Britain |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | room |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | hospital room |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | operate on |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | operative |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | surgery |
| 4 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | freeze |
| 4 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | suction |
| 4 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | decorticate |
| 4 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | ablate |
| 4 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | hypophysectomize |
| 4 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | trepan |
| 4 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | hemostasis |
| 4 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | surgical incision |
| 4 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | suturing |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | medical procedure |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | catheterization |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | extirpation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | amputation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | angioplasty |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | arthroplasty |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | arthroscopy |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | brain surgery |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | castration |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | cauterization |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | chemosurgery |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | craniotomy |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | cryosurgery |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | curettage |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | debridement |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | decortication |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | dilation and curettage |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | electrosurgery |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | enterostomy |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | enucleation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | wrong-site surgery |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | evisceration |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | exenteration |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | eye operation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | fenestration |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | gastrectomy |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | gastroenterostomy |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | gastrostomy |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | heart surgery |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | hemorrhoidectomy |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | hysterotomy |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | implantation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | intestinal bypass |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | jejunostomy |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | major surgery |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | microsurgery |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | minor surgery |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | myotomy |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | myringectomy |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | myringoplasty |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | myringotomy |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | neurosurgery |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | orchiopexy |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | osteotomy |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | ostomy |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | palatopharyngoplasty |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | phlebectomy |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | photocoagulation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | plastic surgery |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | polypectomy |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | resection |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | rhinotomy |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | rhizotomy |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | sex-change operation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | Shirodkar's operation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | sterilization |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | strabotomy |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | taxis |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | tracheostomy |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | transplantation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | trephination |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | tympanoplasty |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | uranoplasty |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | vasovasostomy |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | vivisection |