What is another word for operate on?

Pronunciation: [ˈɒpəɹˌe͡ɪt ˈɒn] (IPA)

"Operate on" refers to a surgical procedure where a doctor intervenes with a patient's body to cure or alleviate a medical condition. However, there are several synonyms that can also be used to indicate a surgical procedure. Some of these synonyms include performing surgery, undertaking a surgical operation, administering an operation, carrying out an operation, executing a surgical intervention, conducting surgery, and doing surgery. Each of these synonyms could be used interchangeably depending on the context of the sentence. It is important to note that while the words may differ slightly, the underlying meaning remains the same.

What are the hypernyms for Operate on?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Operate on?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

Famous quotes with Operate on

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  • The other part of our proposal that gets the 'dittoheads' upset is our suggestion that the commercial radio station owners either play by the rules or pay. In other words, if they don't want to be subject to local criticism of how they are meeting their license obligations, they should pay to support public broadcasters who will operate on behalf of the local community.
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  • The most important precedents deal with the whole idea of symbolic programming - the notion of setting up symbolic expressions that can represent anything one wants, and then having functions that operate on both their structure and content.
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  • In Texas, years ago, almost all of the oil came from surface operations. Then someone got the idea that there were greater sources of supply deeper down. A well was drilled five thousand feet deep. The result? A gusher. Too many of us operate on the surface. We never go deep enough to find supernatural resources. The result is, we never operate at our best. More time and investment is involved to go deep but a gusher will pay off.
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  • The sick in soul insist that it is humanity that is sick, and they are the surgeons to operate on it.
    Eric Hoffer

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