operabilityn.
/ˌɒp(ə)rəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /ˌɑp(ə)rəˈbɪlᵻdi/ The state of being operable; (Medicine) suitability for surgical treatment.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > [noun] > feasibility
possibilityc1385
feasibility1624
feasibleness1633
possibleness1642
practicableness1648
practicability1665
workableness1791
executibility1801
workability1843
operability1905
performability1941
viability1955
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > [noun] > a surgical operation > suitability for
operability1905
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > use or control > [noun] > ability to be
operability1952
1905 Jrnl. Nerv. & Mental Dis. 32 481 (heading) Brain tumors: a study of clinical and post-mortem records bearing on their operability.
1922 Ann. Surg. 76 396 In estimating the final value of any operative procedure for the cure of cancer, the operability rate is the crux of the situation.
1952 Sci. Amer. Sept. 104/2 The gun parts could be interchanged among all 10 without affecting the guns' operability.
1972 Brit. Jrnl. Dis. Chest 66 162 (heading) The value of mediastinoscopy in assessing operability in carcinoma of the lung.
2000 Business Day (S. Afr.) 27 Jan. i. 12 (advt.) Every product is home to unsurpassed technological brainwave, full network operability, easy upgradeability.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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