Definition of operation

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Operation (n.) Any methodical action of the hand, or of the hand with instruments, on the human body, to produce a curative or remedial effect, as in amputation, etc..

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Sensualism :: Sensualism (n.) The doctrine that all our ideas, or the operations of the understanding, not only originate in sensation, but are transformed sensations, copies or relics of sensations; sensationalism; sensism..
Belong :: Belong (v. i.) To be native to, or an inhabitant of; esp. to have a legal residence, settlement, or inhabitancy, whether by birth or operation of law, so as to be entitled to maintenance by the parish or town..
Effect :: Effect (n.) Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May..
Anaesthetic :: Anaesthetic (a.) Characterized by, or connected with, insensibility; as, an anaesthetic effect or operation..
Hermetical :: Hermetical (a.) Of or pertaining to the system which explains the causes of diseases and the operations of medicine on the principles of the hermetic philosophy, and which made much use, as a remedy, of an alkali and an acid; as, hermetic medicine..
Go :: Go (n.) Act; working; operation.
Theandric :: Theandric (a.) Relating to, or existing by, the union of divine and human operation in Christ, or the joint agency of the divine and human nature..
Launch :: Launch (v. i.) To send out; to start (one) on a career; to set going; to give a start to (something); to put in operation; as, to launch a son in the world; to launch a business project or enterprise..
Reduction :: Reduction (v. t.) The operation of restoring a dislocated or fractured part to its former place.
Gastroraphy :: Gastroraphy (n.) The operation of sewing up wounds of the abdomen.
Canthoplasty :: Canthoplasty (n.) The operation of forming a new canthus, when one has been destroyed by injury or disease..
Develop :: Develop (v. t.) To change the form of, as of an algebraic expression, by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value..
Attach :: Attach (v. i.) To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest; as, dower will attach..
Throw :: Throw (v. t.) To twist two or more filaments of, as silk, so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; -- sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver..
Expert :: Expert (a.) Taught by use, practice, or experience, experienced; having facility of operation or performance from practice; knowing and ready from much practice; clever; skillful; as, an expert surgeon; expert in chess or archery..
Notation :: Notation (n.) Any particular system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in art or science, to express briefly technical facts, quantities, etc. Esp., the system of figures, letters, and signs used in arithmetic and algebra to express number, quantity, or operations..
Operation :: Operation (n.) Something to be done; some transformation to be made upon quantities, the transformation being indicated either by rules or symbols..
Manipulation :: Manipulation (n.) The use of the hands in mesmeric operations.
Petroglyphy :: Petroglyphy (n.) The art or operation of carving figures or inscriptions on rock or stone.
Cholecystotomy :: Cholecystotomy (n.) The operation of making an opening in the gall bladder, as for the removal of a gallstone..
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