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opératoire

operative, surgical

adjective op-eh-rah-TWAHR Rare
Body & Health Medicine

Usage Note

Opératoire is a technical adjective used primarily in medical contexts: bloc opératoire (operating theatre), choc opératoire (surgical shock). It is invariable for gender (same form for masculine and feminine). Outside medicine it appears in logic and philosophy to mean 'operational' or 'applicable', but the medical sense dominates.

Examples

"Le patient attend son passage au bloc opératoire."

Natural Translation

The patient is waiting to go to the operating theatre.

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