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cauterisation vs operation

operation vs cauterisation

cauterisation and operation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
cauterisation Yes No No No
operation Yes No No No
As nouns, operation is a hypernym of cauterisation; that is, operation is a word with a broader meaning than cauterisation:
  • cauterisation: the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing
  • operation: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
Other hypernyms of cauterisation include surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process.
cauterisation (noun) operation (noun)
the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
(mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods
activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)
a planned activity involving many people performing various actions
a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
a business especially one run on a large scale
the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.)
(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents
(computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction)
process or manner of functioning or operating
the state of being in effect or being operative
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