a surgical operation
51Lindbergh Operation — The Lindbergh Operation was a complete tele surgical operation carried out by a team of French surgeons located in New York on a patient in Strasbourg, France (over a distance of several thousand miles) using telecommunications solutions based on …
52Shirodkar's operation — noun a surgical procedure in which a suture is used to close the cervix in a pregnant woman; is performed when the cervix has failed to retain previous pregnancies • Syn: ↑purse string operation • Hypernyms: ↑operation, ↑surgery, ↑surgical… …
53purse-string operation — noun a surgical procedure in which a suture is used to close the cervix in a pregnant woman; is performed when the cervix has failed to retain previous pregnancies • Syn: ↑Shirodkar s operation • Hypernyms: ↑operation, ↑surgery, ↑surgical… …
54eye operation — noun any surgical procedure involving the eyes • Syn: ↑eye surgery • Hypernyms: ↑operation, ↑surgery, ↑surgical operation, ↑surgical procedure, ↑surgical process • Hypon …
55sex-change operation — noun surgical procedures and hormonal treatments designed to alter a person s sexual characteristics so that the resemble those of the opposite sex • Syn: ↑transsexual surgery • Hypernyms: ↑operation, ↑surgery, ↑surgical operation, ↑surgical… …
56plastic operation — noun : an operation in plastic surgery * * * plastic operation noun A surgical operation which restores a lost part, or repairs a deformed or disfigured part, of the body • • • Main Entry: ↑plastic * * * plastic operation, an operation involving… …
57Donald-Fothergill operation — Manchester operation a surgical operation consisting of anterior colporrhaphy, amputation of the cervix, and colpoperineorrhaphy. It is performed (now rarely) for genital prolapse [Donald (1860–1933) and W. E. Fothergill (1865–1926), British… …
58Macewen operation — A surgical operation for inguinal hernia designed by Sir William Macewen (1848 1924), a surgeon in Glascow, Scotland who also described Macewen’s sign for the detection of hydrocephalus and brain abscess …
59Donald-Fothergill operation — a surgical operation consisting of anterior colporrhaphy, amputation of the cervix, and colpoperineorrhaphy. It is performed for genital prolapse. A. Donald (1860 1933) and W. E. Fothergill (1865 1926), British gynaecologists …
60illegal operation — A surgical operation in violation of law, such as an abortion …
