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debridement vs operation

operation vs debridement

debridement and operation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
debridement Yes No No No
operation Yes No No No
As nouns, operation is a hypernym of debridement; that is, operation is a word with a broader meaning than debridement:
  • debridement: surgical removal of foreign material and dead tissue from a wound in order to prevent infection and promote healing
  • operation: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
Other hypernyms of debridement include surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process.
debridement (noun) operation (noun)
surgical removal of foreign material and dead tissue from a wound in order to prevent infection and promote healing 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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