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operatory

operatory adjective: effective; practical; operative.

Adjective

operatory (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) effective; practical; operative
  2. Of or relating to operations.

Noun

operatory (plural operatories)

  1. (obsolete) A laboratory.
  2. A room in which a dentist (or assistant) performs tasks on the patient.

Forms of operatory

pluraloperatories

Origin of operatory

Originally from Medieval Latin operātōrium, from a participle of Late Latin operor. The modern senses may be derived independently of the obsolete senses.

Words formed from operatory

Questions about operatory

What does operatory mean?
Operatory means effective; practical; operative.
What part of speech is operatory?
Operatory can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near operatory in the dictionary

  1. operatories
  2. operatorless
  3. operators
  4. operatorship
  5. operatorships
  6. operatory
  7. operatour
  8. operatours
  9. operatress
  10. operatresses
  11. operatrix

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