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operand |
operant |
operant conditioning |
operate |
operate on
| operatic
| operatic star
| operatical
| operating
| operating budget
operate on
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb operate on has 1 sense
- operate on(v = verb.body) operate - perform surgery on; "The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life" is one way to care for, treat
Sample sentence:
Did he operate on his foot?
THESAURUS
operate on
act on, act upon, affect, bandage, bathe, care for, concentrate on, cure, diagnose, doctor, flux, focus on, give care to, heal, influence, massage, minister to, nurse, physic, plaster, poultice, purge, remedy, rub, splint, strap, treat, work on
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