first step initiative opening move opening | the first of a series of actions |
opening | the act of opening something, the ray of light revealed his cautious opening of the door |
opening | becoming open or being made open, the opening of his arms was the sign I was waiting for |
opening chess opening | a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess, he memorized all the important chess openings |
post office | a children's game in which kisses are exchanged for pretended letters |
position post berth office spot billet place situation | a job in an organization, he occupied a post in the treasury |
public office | a position concerning the people as a whole |
brain surgery | any surgical procedure involving the brain |
operation surgery surgical operation surgical procedure surgical process | a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments, performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body, they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available, he died while undergoing surgery |
wrong-site surgery | a surgical operation performed on the wrong part of the body |
eye operation eye surgery | any surgical procedure involving the eyes |
face lift facelift lift face lifting cosmetic surgery rhytidectomy rhytidoplasty nip and tuck | plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face, an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised, some actresses have more than one face lift |
heart surgery | any surgical procedure involving the heart |
closed-heart surgery | heart surgery in which a small incision is made (the chest cavity is not opened) |
open-heart surgery | heart surgery in which the rib cage is spread open, the heart is stopped and blood is detoured through a heart-lung machine while a heart valve or coronary artery is surgically repaired |
coronary bypass coronary bypass surgery coronary artery bypass graft CABG | open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart |
port-access coronary bypass surgery | heart surgery in which a coronary bypass is performed by the use of small instruments and tiny cameras threaded through small incisions while the heart is stopped and blood is pumped through a heart-lung machine |
minimally invasive coronary bypass surgery | heart surgery in which a coronary bypass is performed on the beating heart by the use of small instruments and cameras threaded through small incisions |
cataract surgery | eye surgery that involves removing all or part of the lens and replacing it with an intraocular lens implant |
intracapsular surgery | cataract surgery in which the entire lens is removed |
extracapsular surgery | cataract surgery in which only the front of the lens is removed, the back of the lens capsule remains intact and provides support for the lens implant |
cyclodestructive surgery | an eye operation that treats glaucoma by destroying the ciliary body with a laser |
filtration surgery | eye surgery that opens a passage allowing excess aqueous humor to drain into surrounding tissues, a treatment for glaucoma |
laser trabecular surgery | eye surgery that makes many tiny laser burns in an area that will increase the drainage of aqueous humor |
major surgery | any surgical procedure that involves anesthesia or respiratory assistance |
minor surgery | any surgical procedure that does not involve anesthesia or respiratory assistance |
plastic surgery reconstructive surgery anaplasty | surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue |
sexhange operation transsexual surgery | surgical procedures and hormonal treatments designed to alter a person's sexual characteristics so that the resemble those of the opposite sex |
function office part role | the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group, the function of a teacher, the government must do its part, play its role |
multiplication times | an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division, the product of two numbers is computed, the multiplication of four by three gives twelve, four times three equals twelve |
tree surgery | treatment of damaged or decaying trees |
office | a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities, the offices of the mass |
Divine Office | canonical prayers recited daily by priests (e.g. the breviary of the Roman Catholic Church) |
Little Office | a Roman Catholic office honoring the Virgin Mary, similar to but shorter than the Divine Office |
Office of the Dead | an office read or sung before a burial mass in the Roman Catholic Church |
land-office business | very large and profitable volume of commercial activity |
box office ticket office ticket booth | the office where tickets of admission are sold |
checkroom left-luggage office | a room where baggage or parcels are checked |
government office | an office where government employees work |
hatchway opening scuttle | an entrance equipped with a hatch, especially a passageway between decks of a ship |
headquarters central office main office home office home base | (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise, many companies have their headquarters in New York |
land office | a government office where business relating to public lands is transacted |
life office | life assurance office |
loan office | an office where loans are negotiated and repaid |
neck neck opening | an opening in a garment for the neck of the wearer, a part of the garment near the wearer's neck |
office business office | place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed, he rented an office in the new building |
office building office block | a building containing offices where work is done |
office furniture | furniture intended for use in an office |
opening | a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made, they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door |
operating room OR operating theater operating theatre surgery | a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations, great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic |