“operable”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

operable

释义

ˈoperable, a. and n.
[f. L. type *operābilis, f. operārī to operate: cf. F. opérable.]
A. adj.
1. That may or should be operated or done; practicable.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. i. iii. 9 Being uncapable of operable circumstances..they onely gaze upon the visible successe.1911H. S. Harrison Queed xiii. 160 How could this principle be..reduced to an operable law?1961Medicine in Nat. Defense (Final Rep. Office of U.S. Asst. Secretary of Defense) vi. 69 Visual and operable training aids..were used in support of Army Medical Service mass casualty exercises.
2. Med. Capable of being treated by an operation.
1904Arch. Middlesex Hosp. III. 163 Patients..are admitted in practically all cases for operable cancer.1925W. Deeping Sorrell & Son xxxviii. 381 ‘But, my dear sir, if the thing is operable—’ ‘No, thank you. Besides, it is only a question of a few days. If you can help me to fight the pain.’1925H. Gilford Tumours & Cancers xxvi. 580 Of operable uterine cancers as large a number can be destroyed by the [radium and X-]rays as by surgical operation.1973Cancer XXXI. 180/2 Patients with carcinoma of the cervix are admitted..only if..the tumor is considered operable and the patient potentially curable by surgery.
†B. n. Something that may or should be done; a matter or point of practice. Obs.
1677Gale Crt. Gentiles II. iv. 6 So Aquinas ‘Synesis or sensate judgment imports a right judgment about particular operables’.

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