surgical operation vs rhizotomy

rhizotomy vs surgical operation

surgical operation and rhizotomy both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
surgical operation	Yes	No	No	No
rhizotomy	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, rhizotomy is a hyponym of surgical operation; that is, rhizotomy is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than surgical operation:

surgical operation: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
rhizotomy: surgical procedure in which spinal nerve roots are cut; done (anterior roots) to relieve intractable pain or (posterior roots) to stop severe muscle spasms

Other hyponyms of surgical operation include catheterisation, catheterization, ablation, cutting out, excision, extirpation, amputation, angioplasty, arthroplasty, arthroscopy, brain surgery, castration, cauterisation, cauterization, cautery, chemosurgery, craniotomy, cryosurgery, curettage, curettement, debridement, decortication, D and C, dilatation and curettage, dilation and curettage, electrosurgery, enterostomy, enterotomy, enucleation, wrong-site surgery, evisceration, exenteration, eye operation, eye surgery, fenestration, gastrectomy, gastroenterostomy, gastrostomy, heart surgery, haemorrhoidectomy, hemorrhoidectomy, hysterotomy, implantation, intestinal bypass, jejunostomy, major surgery, microsurgery, minor surgery, myotomy, myringectomy, myringoplasty, myringotomy, neurosurgery, orchiopexy, osteotomy, ostomy, palatopharyngoplasty, PPP, UPPP, uvulopalatopharyngoplasty, phlebectomy, photocoagulation, anaplasty, plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery, polypectomy, resection, rhinotomy, sex-change operation, transsexual surgery, purse-string operation, Shirodkar's operation, sterilisation, sterilization, strabotomy, taxis, tracheostomy, tracheotomy, organ transplant, transplant, transplantation, trephination, tympanoplasty, uranoplasty, vasovasostomy, vivisection.

surgical operation (noun)	rhizotomy (noun)
a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body	surgical procedure in which spinal nerve roots are cut; done (anterior roots) to relieve intractable pain or (posterior roots) to stop severe muscle spasms

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