operatedadj.
/ˈɒpəreɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈɑpəˌreɪdᵻd/ 1. That is or has been operated (in various senses); (now) esp. that is in active operation.
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1682 S. Bond Publick Tryal Quakers in Bermuda. 17 Iesus Christ..is in us by the operated Graces of his Spirit.
1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. iii. 183 Then are we free of the operating power, and our exertion of the operated is our own free act.
1849 Eclectic Mag. June 288/1 The integrity of both records—the written and the operated alike.
1868 Hours at Home June 106/2 A colossal company managed by such directors..controlling at a distance from the operated link.
1921 Railway Age 5 Nov. 879/2 From 1916 to 1918 the operated railroad mileage..decreased considerably.
1949 N. Jasny Socialized Agric. U.S.S.R. viii. 173 The land taken on lease by all households amounted to 6.5 percent of the operated land.
2012 R. de Waal & A. de Wit in A. Jorgensen & R. Keenan Urban Wildscapes vi. 106 The idea of using the operated mine for tourism purposes was not completely lost.
2. Surgery. That has undergone an operation (cf. operate v. 4).
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > [adjective] > relating to operation
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1729 B. Duddell Treat. Dis. Horny-coat of Eye iii. iii. 163 I therefore drest the Operated Eye two Days longer with Defensive.
1839 W. J. Little Treat. Nature of Club-foot 85 The right (the operated) foot can now be bent to a greater angle with the tibia than the left.
1897 Atlanta Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 14 268 I used the blue pyoktanin on the unhealed operated wound, which was cancerous.
1971 Jrnl. Exper. Zool. 177 258/2 Early section of one hypoglossus leads the CNS to discard the operated nerve as an instrument of vocal control even if that nerve regrows.
2005 Orange County (Calif.) Reg. (Nexis) 18 Sept. Keep the arm on the operated side straight, resting on trunk and thigh.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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