In medicine, an operation is a surgical intervention.
Originating in the Latin operatĭo , the concept of operation refers to the act and result of operating (a verb that describes the performance or execution on a living organism of multiple healing acts). The operation involves implanting, removing, amputating, sewing or reestablishing organs, body parts or tissues . For example: "My father needs heart surgery to survive," "I got hurt playing soccer and the only option I have left is meniscus surgery."
In the medical case, we find a large number of operations that have become the most frequent in an operating room . These include appendectomy, biopsy, cesarean section or coronary artery bypass.
Other uses of the term operation
At a general level, operation is understood as the realization of something: "A political operation has left the socialist leader without a place in the cabinet," "My boss is furious about the press operation against the company."
In the field of commerce , an operation constitutes a negotiation or allows naming the contract on securities or merchandise, as occurs with stock market operations .
In computing , a program or software performs operations that are specified as part of an instruction to be carried out by a computer . Instructions, therefore, are made up of logical operations that are transformed into actions after their execution by computer equipment.
A mathematical operation involves the development of a calculation.
The notion in mathematics
In the field of mathematics , however, operations are known as the group of rules that make it possible, based on one or more quantities or expressions (understood as data ), to find out and obtain other figures or structures (which are called results ).
Thus, among the most frequent mathematical operations or that serve as the basis of the rest of this science are addition, subtraction, division and multiplication.
military operation
An operation can also take place in the military sphere . In this case, it is a logistical planning that is carried out with a defined objective: "The operation on the border has been a success and we have detected several secret enemy posts."
Among the most relevant military operations would be, for example, the so-called Operation Phoenix that took place in 2008 and consisted of an attack by the Colombian Air Force in the Peruvian jungle area of Santa Rosa de Yanamaru. This action ended the lives of more than twenty FARC guerrillas.
In the same way, we must not forget the Operation or Battle of Gallipoli that took place during the First World War and which consisted of the bombing, by French and English ships, of the Ottoman forts.
A TV program
In addition to everything mentioned above, we have to state that in the last decade there has been great international success for a Spanish television program called Operación Triunfo . A reality show in which several young people who are passionate about music try to make a place for themselves within the world artistic scene.
In 2001, this space began its journey, which has so far had eight editions, and it did so by becoming a true mass phenomenon. Its first edition has been the most successful and it produced currently renowned singers such as Rosa López, David Bisbal, David Bustamante and Chenoa.