Medical Term:
operate
Pronunciation: op′ĕr-āt
Definition:
- To work on the body by the hands or by means of cutting or other instrument.
- To perform a surgical procedure.
- To cause a movement of the bowels; said of a laxative or cathartic remedy.
- Used to describe the action of using an instrument to achieve a diagnostic or therapeutic endpoint (to operate an instrument).
[L. operor, pp. -atus, to work, fr. opus, work]
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