operate_on
1. [ verb ] (surgery) perform surgery on
Synonyms: operate
Examples:

"The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life"

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Similar spelling:   operate
  operation
  operations
  operational
  operative
  operating
  operationally
  opera_hood
  operator
  operatic
  opera_hat
  operator_gene