operate on (v)
operate (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 29
def perform surgery on
examples The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Frame - 9 Somebody ----s somebody
Outgoing links
Hypernym treat, care for
Domain of synset - TOPIC medicine, practice of medicine
Derivationally related form operate → operative
Derivationally related form operate → operation
Hyponym sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fix; face-lift, lift; trephine; venesect
Incoming links
Derivationally related form operative → operate
Member of this domain - TOPIC medicine, practice of medicine
Derivationally related form operation → operate
Hypernym sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fix; face-lift, lift; trephine; venesect
Hyponym treat, care for

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