surgical operation
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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
- catheterization
- extirpation
- amputation
- angioplasty
- arthroplasty
- arthroscopy
- brain surgery
- castration
- cauterization
- 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
- transplantation
- trephination
- tympanoplasty
- uranoplasty
- vasovasostomy
- vivisection
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | operate on |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | operative |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | surgery |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | freeze |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | suction |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | decorticate |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | ablate |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | hypophysectomize |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | trepan |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | hemostasis |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | surgical incision |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | suturing |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | medical procedure |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | catheterization |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | extirpation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | amputation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | angioplasty |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | arthroplasty |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | arthroscopy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | brain surgery |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | castration |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cauterization |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chemosurgery |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | craniotomy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cryosurgery |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | curettage |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | debridement |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | decortication |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dilation and curettage |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | electrosurgery |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | enterostomy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | enucleation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wrong-site surgery |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | evisceration |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | exenteration |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | eye operation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fenestration |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gastrectomy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gastroenterostomy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gastrostomy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | heart surgery |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hemorrhoidectomy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hysterotomy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | implantation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | intestinal bypass |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | jejunostomy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | major surgery |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | microsurgery |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | minor surgery |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | myotomy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | myringectomy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | myringoplasty |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | myringotomy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | neurosurgery |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | orchiopexy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | osteotomy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ostomy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | palatopharyngoplasty |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | phlebectomy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | photocoagulation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | plastic surgery |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | polypectomy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | resection |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rhinotomy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rhizotomy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sex-change operation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Shirodkar's operation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sterilization |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | strabotomy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | taxis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tracheostomy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | transplantation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | trephination |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tympanoplasty |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | uranoplasty |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | vasovasostomy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | vivisection |