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adj
Incapable of being successfully operated on.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: incurable
Antonyms: operable
adj
Incapable of operation or function; inoperative.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
not suitable for surgery
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: operable
adjective satellite
not able to perform its normal function
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- Latin operābilisbor. English operable English inoperable From in- + operable.
Across languages
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
