Hypernyms for "operation"

More general terms or categories

ablation access amphibious operation amputation anaplasty angioplasty arithmetic operation arthroplasty arthroscopy asynchronous operation attack auxiliary operation basic cognitive process binary arithmetic operation binary operation boolean operation brain surgery campaign castration catheterisation catheterization cauterisation cauterization cautery chemosurgery combination combined operation commission computer operation concurrent operation consecutive operation construction control function control operation covert operation craniotomy cryosurgery curettage curettement cutting out D and C debridement decortication differentiation dilatation and curettage dilation and curettage dyadic operation electrosurgery enterostomy enterotomy enucleation evisceration excision exenteration exponentiation extirpation eye operation eye surgery fenestration fixed-cycle operation gastrectomy gastroenterostomy gastrostomy haemorrhoidectomy heart surgery hemorrhoidectomy higher cognitive process hysterotomy idle implantation information gathering integration intestinal bypass involution jejunostomy logic operation logical operation lookup machine operation major surgery maneuver manoeuvre matrix operation maximization memory access microsurgery military campaign military mission minor surgery mission monadic operation multiplex operation myotomy myringectomy myringoplasty myringotomy naval campaign neurosurgery offence offense offensive off-line operation onrush onset onslaught orchiopexy organ transplant osteotomy ostomy palatopharyngoplasty parallel operation peacekeeping peacekeeping mission peacekeeping operation permutation phlebectomy photocoagulation plastic surgery polypectomy PPP printing operation psychological operation psyop purse-string operation reconstructive surgery reenforcement reinforcement relaxation relaxation method rescue operation resection rhinotomy rhizotomy running search sequential operation serial operation sex-change operation Shirodkar''s operation simulated military operation simultaneous operation sort sorting sterilisation sterilization strabotomy support synchronous operation taxis threshold operation tracheostomy tracheotomy transplant transplantation transsexual surgery trephination tympanoplasty unary operation undercover operation UPPP uranoplasty uvulopalatopharyngoplasty vasovasostomy vivisection wrong-site surgery
What are hypernyms?

Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.

Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.