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operate on
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | operate on - perform surgery on; "The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life"operatepractice of medicine, medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard"desex, desexualise, desexualize, sterilise, sterilize, unsex, fix - make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized"face-lift, lift - perform cosmetic surgery on someone's facetrephine - operate on with a trephinecare for, treat - provide treatment for; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics"venesect - practice venesection |
operate on
operate on1. To perform surgery on someone or an animal. The doctors are operating on me tomorrow morning, so I'm not allowed to eat or drink anything before then. They had to operate on my dog because something had become lodged in his intestines.2. To work on or tinker with something. Tom's in the living room operating on the television, but I'm not holding my breath that he can fix it. Before you go operating on the washing machine, why don't you troubleshoot what's wrong with it.3. To have some established stance, position, or viewpoint from which someone or something functions. If you operate on the assumption that people are trying to take advantage of you, then you'll never make any meaningful connections with anyone. We've always operated on the belief that superior customer service will allow us to compete with the bigger corporations we've been competing with.See also: on, operateoperate on someoneto perform a surgical operation on someone. They decided not to operate on her. She wasn't operated on after all.See also: on, operateoperate on something 1. to work on something; to work with the insides of something. (As a surgeon might operate.) He tried to operate on his watch and ruined it. Todd operated on the door lock and fixed it. 2. to function or conduct business on a certain principle or assumption. The company has always operated on the theory that the customer is always right. Sam operates on the assumption that everyone is out to get him.See also: on, operateoperate on
Synonyms for operate onverb perform surgery onSynonymsRelated Words- practice of medicine
- medicine
- desex
- desexualise
- desexualize
- sterilise
- sterilize
- unsex
- fix
- face-lift
- lift
- trephine
- care for
- treat
- venesect
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