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Operation vs Thrombendarteriectomy - What's the difference?

operation | thrombendarteriectomy |

As nouns the difference between operation and thrombendarteriectomy

is that operation is operation (method by which a device performs its function) while thrombendarteriectomy is (surgery) an operation to remove a thrombus and any diseased inner lining causing the obstruction of an artery.

operation

English

(wikipedia operation)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The method by which a device performs its function.
    • It is dangerous to look at the beam of a laser while it is in operation .
  • The method or practice by which actions are done.
  • The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
  • * John Locke
    • The pain and sickness caused by manna are the effects of its operation on the stomach.
  • * Dryden
    • Speculative painting, without the assistance of manual operation , can never attain to perfection.
  • A planned undertaking.
    • The police ran an operation to get vagrants off the streets.
    The ''Katrina'' relief operation was considered botched.
  • A business or organization.
    • We run our operation from a storefront.
    They run a multinational produce-supply operation .
  • (medicine) a surgical procedure.
    • She had an operation to remove her appendix.
  • (computing, logic, mathematics) a procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands).
  • (military) a military campaign (e.g. )
  • (obsolete) Effect produced; influence.
  • * Fuller
    • The bards had great operation on the vulgar.

    Synonyms

    * (mathematics) * (mathematics)

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    thrombendarteriectomy

    English

    Alternative forms

    (Spelling variants) * ** thrombendarteriectomy (best-formed spelling) ** thrombo-endarteriectomy ** thromboendarteriectomy ** thrombo-endo-arteriectomy (rare) ** thromboendoarteriectomy ** thromboendoarterioectomy (rare) * ** thromb-endarterectomy (rare) ** thrombendarterectomy ** thrombendoarterectomy (rare) ** thrombo-end-arterectomy (rare) ** thrombo-endarterectomy ** thromboendarterectomy ** thrombo-endoarterectomy (rare) ** thromboendo-arterectomy (rare) ** thromboendoarterectomy

    Noun

    (thrombendarteriectomies)
  • (surgery) An operation to remove a thrombus and any diseased inner lining causing the obstruction of an artery.

    • Usage notes

    * or both from the rest of the word with hyphens. English words prefixed with arteri- English words prefixed with end- English words suffixed with -ectomy