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surgical operation vs wrong-site surgery

wrong-site surgery vs surgical operation

surgical operation and wrong-site surgery both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
surgical operation Yes No No No
wrong-site surgery Yes No No No
As nouns, wrong-site surgery is a hyponym of surgical operation; that is, wrong-site surgery 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
  • wrong-site surgery: a surgical operation performed on the wrong part of the body
surgical operation (noun) wrong-site surgery (noun)
a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body a surgical operation performed on the wrong part of the body
Difference between surgical operation and wrong-site surgery

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