operable
Ready for use
Operable describes something that can be operated or put into use: The system is now operable.
In medicine, operable means a condition can be treated by surgery with reasonable hope of success: The tumor is operable.
The opposite, inoperable, appears more frequently—doctors speak of inoperable cancer more often than operable cases.
Controlled cut into tissue
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- surgeonPhysician who operates
- tumorAbnormal tissue mass
- resectableAble to be surgically removed
excision · biopsy · procedure · theater · sterile · suture · scalpel · laparotomy
Capable of being mended
- mendableAble to be fixed
- restorableAble to be renewed
- serviceableFit for purpose
- rebuildableAble to be reconstructed
salvageable · refurbishable · spare parts · technician · workshop · diagnosis · overhaul · patchable
In active function
- runningSwift foot travel
- serviceableFit for purpose
- activeIn operation now
- reliableConsistently performing as expected
machinery · equipment · system · mechanism · device · controls · maintained · commissioned
Able to be healed
- manageableAble to be controlled
- responsiveQuick to react
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- remissionTemporary disease absence
benign · prognosis · treatment · diagnosis · palliative · clinical · regimen · intervention
incision
Controlled cut into tissue
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- surgeonPhysician who operates
- tumorAbnormal tissue mass
resectable · excision · biopsy · procedure · theater · sterile · suture · scalpel · laparotomy · dissection
fixable
Capable of being mended
- mendableAble to be fixed
- restorableAble to be renewed
- serviceableFit for purpose
rebuildable · salvageable · refurbishable · spare parts · technician · workshop · diagnosis · overhaul · patchable · rectifiable
working
In active function
- runningSwift foot travel
- serviceableFit for purpose
- activeIn operation now
reliable · machinery · equipment · system · mechanism · device · controls · maintained · commissioned · online
curable
Able to be healed
- manageableAble to be controlled
- responsiveQuick to react
- therapyCurative mental treatment
remission · benign · prognosis · treatment · diagnosis · palliative · clinical · regimen · intervention · survivorship
manageable
Able to be controlled
- adjustableAble to be changed
- handlePart for gripping
- manipulateControl through clever influence
navigate · steer · regulate · control · maneuver · modulate · interface · lever · switch · panel
- windowsbay, bow, casement, double-hung, sliding
- qualitiesgood, bad, better, best, useful
- medical adjectivessurgical, cardiac, orthopedic, malignant, respiratory
- feasibilityfeasibility, feasible, viability, viable, practicality
- Cancer Stagingstaging, stage 1, stage 2, stage 3, stage 4
operableinoperable
Cannot be repaired
nonfunctional · broken · dysfunctional · unusable · out of order
operableimpracticable
Impossible to implement
impractical · unworkable · infeasible · unfeasible · unviable