English Explanatory Dictionary

nonoperative

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Not requiring or involving a medical operation or surgery.
  2. Not operative, not operational; inoperative.
noun
  1. One who is not an operative (“employee or worker”).

Word forms

nonoperative nonoperatives

Etymology

From non- + operative.

Synonyms

nonsurgical medical[Appendix:Glossary nonfunctional nonfunctioning

Antonyms

operative surgical

Related words

paraoperative perioperative postoperative preoperative
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