Hypernyms for "operation"
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                    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.