operableadjective
uk/ˈɒp.ər.ə.bəl/us/ˈɑː.pɚ.ə.bəl/operable adjective (WORKING)
able to be used:
There will be a delay before the modified machines are operable.
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Machines - Functioning
- asthmatically
- faulty
- fire sth up
- function as sth/sb
- functionally
- operation
- operational
- operative
- order
- pack
- pack up
- peg
- perform
- play up
- right
- roll
- start
- tick
- torpor
- work
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operable adjective (MEDICINE)
able to be treated by an operation:
In about half of diagnosed cases, the condition is operable.
Opposite
inoperable
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Medical treatment: surgery
- ablate
- adrenalectomy
- anaesthesiology
- anastomose
- anesthesiology
- circumcise
- collagen
- eviscerate
- frontal lobotomy
- implant
- keyhole surgery
- laminectomy
- laparoscopic
- laparoscopy
- laparotomy
- ligation
- nose job
- pump out sth
- transplant
- tuck
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