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gastrostomy vs operation

operation vs gastrostomy

gastrostomy and operation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
gastrostomy Yes No No No
operation Yes No No No
As nouns, operation is a hypernym of gastrostomy; that is, operation is a word with a broader meaning than gastrostomy:
  • gastrostomy: surgical creation of an opening through the abdominal wall into the stomach (as for gastrogavage)
  • operation: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
Other hypernyms of gastrostomy include surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process.
gastrostomy (noun) operation (noun)
surgical creation of an opening through the abdominal wall into the stomach (as for gastrogavage) 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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