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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Operator :: Operator (n.) The symbol that expresses the operation to be performed; -- called also facient.
Liquefaction :: Liquefaction (n.) The act or operation of making or becoming liquid; especially, the conversion of a solid into a liquid by the sole agency of heat..
Obscuration :: Obscuration (v. t.) The act or operation of obscuring; the state of being obscured; as, the obscuration of the moon in an eclipse..
Dianoialogy :: Dianoialogy (n.) The science of the dianoetic faculties, and their operations..
Staphylotomy :: Staphylorrhaphy (n.) The operation of uniting a cleft palate, consisting in paring and bringing together the edges of the cleft..
Tenotome :: Tenotome (n.) A slender knife for use in the operation of tenotomy.
Tellurian :: Tellurian (n.) An instrument for showing the operation of the causes which produce the succession of day and night, and the changes of the seasons..
Testing :: Testing (n.) The operation of refining gold or silver in a test, or cupel; cupellation..
Cooperation :: Cooperation (n.) The association of a number of persons for their benefit.
Judgment :: "Judgment (v. i.) The power or faculty of performing such operations (see 1); esp., when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely; good sense; as, a man of judgment; a politician without judgment..
Noematachograph :: Noematachograph (n.) An instrument for determining and registering the duration of more or less complex operations of the mind.
Graft :: Graft (n.) A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty.
Tarsotomy :: Tarsotomy (n.) The operation of cutting or removing the tarsal cartilages.
Auxiliary :: Auxiliary (sing.) A quantity introduced for the purpose of simplifying or facilitating some operation, as in equations or trigonometrical formulae..
Exaeresis :: Exaeresis (n.) In old writers, the operations concerned in the removal of parts of the body..
Anaplasty :: Anaplasty (n.) The art of operation of restoring lost parts or the normal shape by the use of healthy tissue.
Facility :: Facility (n.) The quality of being easily performed; freedom from difficulty; ease; as, the facility of an operation..
Rabdology :: Rabdology (n.) The method or art of performing arithmetical operations by means of Napier's bones. See Napier's bones.
Mastication :: Mastication (n.) The act or operation of masticating; chewing, as of food..
Transfusion :: Transfusion (n.) The act or operation of transferring the blood of one man or animal into the vascular system of another; also, the introduction of any fluid into the blood vessels, or into a cavity of the body from which it can readily be adsorbed into the vessels; intrafusion; as, the peritoneal transfusion of milk..
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