operation (n)
surgery#1 (n)
surgical operation (n)
surgical procedure (n)
surgical process (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 04
def a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments
def performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
examples they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available
he died while undergoing surgery
Outgoing links
Hypernym medical procedure
Domain of synset - TOPIC surgery
Derivationally related form surgery → surgical
Derivationally related form operation → operate; operation → operative
Hyponym catheterization, catheterisation; ablation, extirpation, cutting out, excision; amputation; angioplasty; arthroplasty; arthroscopy; brain surgery; castration; cautery, cauterization, cauterisation; chemosurgery; craniotomy; cryosurgery; curettage, curettement; debridement; decortication; dilation and curettage, dilatation and curettage, D and C; electrosurgery; enterostomy, enterotomy; enucleation; wrong-site surgery; evisceration; exenteration; eye operation, eye surgery; fenestration; gastrectomy; gastroenterostomy; gastrostomy; heart surgery; hemorrhoidectomy, haemorrhoidectomy; hysterotomy; implantation; intestinal bypass; jejunostomy; major surgery; microsurgery; minor surgery; myotomy; myringectomy; myringoplasty; myringotomy; neurosurgery; orchiopexy; osteotomy; ostomy; palatopharyngoplasty, PPP, uvulopalatopharyngoplasty, UPPP; phlebectomy; photocoagulation; plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery, anaplasty; polypectomy; resection; rhinotomy; rhizotomy; sex-change operation, transsexual surgery; Shirodkar's operation, purse-string operation; sterilization, sterilisation; strabotomy; taxis; tracheostomy, tracheotomy; transplant, transplantation, organ transplant; trephination; tympanoplasty; uranoplasty; vasovasostomy; vivisection
Part meronym hemostasis, haemostasis, hemostasia, haemostasia; incision, section, surgical incision; suturing
Member of this domain - TOPIC freeze; suction; decorticate; ablate; hypophysectomize, hypophysectomise; trepan
Incoming links
Derivationally related form operative → operation; operate → operation
Derivationally related form surgical → surgery
Pertainym (pertains to noun) surgical → surgery; nonsurgical → surgery
Hypernym catheterization, catheterisation; ablation, extirpation, cutting out, excision; amputation; angioplasty; arthroplasty; arthroscopy; brain surgery; castration; cautery, cauterization, cauterisation; chemosurgery; craniotomy; cryosurgery; curettage, curettement; debridement; decortication; dilation and curettage, dilatation and curettage, D and C; electrosurgery; enterostomy, enterotomy; enucleation; wrong-site surgery; evisceration; exenteration; eye operation, eye surgery; fenestration; gastrectomy; gastroenterostomy; gastrostomy; heart surgery; hemorrhoidectomy, haemorrhoidectomy; hysterotomy; implantation; intestinal bypass; jejunostomy; major surgery; microsurgery; minor surgery; myotomy; myringectomy; myringoplasty; myringotomy; neurosurgery; orchiopexy; osteotomy; ostomy; palatopharyngoplasty, PPP, uvulopalatopharyngoplasty, UPPP; phlebectomy; photocoagulation; plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery, anaplasty; polypectomy; resection; rhinotomy; rhizotomy; sex-change operation, transsexual surgery; Shirodkar's operation, purse-string operation; sterilization, sterilisation; strabotomy; taxis; tracheostomy, tracheotomy; transplant, transplantation, organ transplant; trephination; tympanoplasty; uranoplasty; vasovasostomy; vivisection
Part holonym hemostasis, haemostasis, hemostasia, haemostasia; incision, section, surgical incision; suturing
Hyponym medical procedure
Member of this domain - TOPIC surgery
Domain of synset - TOPIC freeze; suction; decorticate; ablate; hypophysectomize, hypophysectomise; trepan

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