inoperableadjective
uk/ɪˈnɒp.ər.ə.bəl/us/ˌɪnˈɑː.pɚ.ə.bəl/inoperable adjective (DISEASE)
If a tumour (= a growth) or other medical condition is inoperable, doctors are unable to remove or treat it with an operation.
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Cancer
- acinic cell carcinoma
- acral lentiginous melanoma
- aggressive
- alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma
- alveolar soft part sarcoma
- brain tumour
- carcinogenesis
- carcinogenic
- chondroid chordoma
- chondrosarcoma
- chordoma
- malignancy
- metastatic
- myeloma
- neoplasia
- neoplasm
- neoplastic
- oncogene
- sarcoma
- tumour
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inoperable adjective (NOT WORKING)
If a system, plan, machine, etc. is inoperable, it cannot be done or made to work.
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Unachievable
- be (a) no go idiom
- be on a hiding to nothing idiom
- be out of your league idiom
- cat
- elusive
- impossible
- impossibly
- impracticable
- in/out of the running idiom
- infeasible
- league
- love
- no way idiom
- nohow
- running
- unfeasible
- unworkable
- way
- will-o'-the-wisp
- you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear idiom
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