operation
(op″ĕ-rā′shŏn)
[L. operatio, a working]
1. The act of operating.
2. A surgical procedure.
3. The effect or method of action of any type of therapy.
SEE: surgery
Abbe-Wharton-McIndoe operation
Alexander-Adams operation
Babcock operation
SEE: Babcock operation
Bassini operation
SEE: Bassini operation
Beer operation
SEE: Beer operation
Billroth I operation
SEE: Gastroduodenostomy.
Billroth II operation
SEE: Gastrojejunostomy.
Emmet operation
SEE: Emmet operation
Halsted operation
Kader operation
SEE: Kader operation
Kondoleon operation
SEE: Kondoleon operation
McIndoe operation
Morrow operation
SEE: Morrow operation
Porro operation
SEE: Porro operation
Shirodkar operation
SEE: Shirodkar operation
Sigault operation
SEE: Sigault operation
Syme operation
SEE: Syme operation
tagliacotian operation
A plastic operation on the nose in which skin is used from another part of the body.
SYN: SEE: tagliacotian flap
Wardrop operation
SEE: Wardrop operation
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Operation." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/769288/all/operation.
Operation. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/769288/all/operation. Accessed October 3, 2024.
Operation. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/769288/all/operation
Operation [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 October 03]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/769288/all/operation.
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