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The operation of removing the tonsil, or a portion thereof.

hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by a craftsman or laborer at his work; an implement; as, the tools of a joiner, smith, shoe-maker, etc.; also, a cutter, chisel, or other part of an instrument or machine that dresses work.…

The operation of sewing up a laceration of the neck of the uterus.

The operation of making an opening into the windpipe.

of plain or grooved rolls for rolling metal into various forms by a series of consecutive operations. -- Train mile (Railroads), a unit employed in estimating running expenses, etc., being one of the total number of miles run by all the trains of a road, or system of roads, as within a given time, or for a given expen…

he act or process of exercising, disciplining, etc.; education. Fan training (Hort.), the operation of training fruit trees, grapevines, etc., so that the branches shall radiate from the stem like a fan. -- Horizontal training (Hort.), the operation of training fruit trees, grapevines, etc., so that the branches shall…

The act or operation of transferring the blood of one man or animal into the vascular system of another; also, the introduction of any fluid into the blood vessels, or into a cavity of the body from which it can readily be adsorbed into the vessels; intrafusion; as, the peritoneal transfusion of milk.…

ortion of the bone, and thus relieve the brain from pressure or irritation; to perform an operation with the trepan.

the face of a country, or any portion of it, is divided in a trigonometrical survey; the operation of measuring the elements necessary to determine the triangles into which the country to be surveyed is supposed to be divided, and thus to fix the positions and distances of the several points connected by them.…

ways. Ezek. xxxiii. 11. The understanding turns inward on itself, and reflects on its own operations. Locke.

ompression is made sufficiently painful to keep the animal quiet during a slight surgical operation. J. H. Walsh.

stain; as, to undergo toil and fatigue; to undergo pain, grief, or anxiety; to undergothe operation of amputation; food in the stomach undergoes the process of digestion. Certain to undergo like doom. Milton.

tain and Ireland; -- so named since January 1, 1801, when the Legislative Union went into operation. -- United Greeks (Eccl.), those members of the Greek Church who acknowledge the supremacy of the pope; -- called also uniats.

The plastic operation for closing a fissure in the hard palate.

or pertaining to the urethra. Urethral fever (Med.), fever occurring as a consequence of operations upon the urethra.

An operation for the repair of an injury or a defect in the walls of the urethra. -- U*re`thro*plas"tic, a.

g, so as to lengthen the forging. Contingent, or Springing, use (Law), a use to come into operation on a future uncertain event. -- In use. (a) In employment; in customary practice observance. (b) In heat; -- said especially of mares. J. H. Walsh. -- Of no use, useless; of no advantage. -- Of use, useful; of advanta…

The operation of expelling one substance from another by heat, as sulphur or arsenic from ores, in a muffle.

The operation of removing the uvula.

The act or operation of opening a vein for letting blood; bloodletting; phlebotomy.