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unoperated

unoperated adjective: upon which no operation has been performed.

Adjective

unoperated (not comparable)

  1. Upon which no operation has been performed.
    • In six unoperated animals, the ratio varied from 0.59 to 0.83 (mean ± SEM = 0.74 ± 0.02) (Fig. 2 B).1998 April 17, Jiuyong Xie, David P. McCobb, “Control of Alternative Splicing of Potassium Channels by Stress Hormones”, in Science, volume 280, number 5362, →DOI, pages 443–446
    • After diamidino yellow (DY) was injected in anteroventral portions of unilateral inferotemporal cortex, no labeled neurons were detected in the contralateral homotopic areas in the posterior-split preparation (Fig. 2 E), in marked contrast to the unoperated control (Fig. 2 F).1998 August 7, Isao Hasegawa et al., “Callosal Window Between Prefrontal Cortices: Cognitive Interaction to Retrieve Long-Term Memory”, in Science, volume 281, number 5378, →DOI, pages 814–818

Origin of unoperated

From un- + operated.

Questions about unoperated

What does unoperated mean?
Unoperated means upon which no operation has been performed.
What part of speech is unoperated?
Unoperated is an adjective.

Words near unoperated in the dictionary

  1. unopened
  2. unopening
  3. unopenly
  4. unopenness
  5. unoperable
  6. unoperated
  7. unoperatic
  8. unoperating
  9. unoperationalized
  10. unoperative
  11. unoperculate

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