執刀|しっとうshittou[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbperforming a surgical operation
Conjugation
Dictionary form執刀する(しっとうする)
Polite (masu)執刀します(しっとうします)
Negative (nai)執刀しない(しっとうしない)
polite (masen)執刀しません(しっとうしません)
classical zu / nu執刀せず・執刀せぬ(しっとうせず・しっとうせぬ)
Past (ta)執刀した(しっとうした)
polite (mashita)執刀しました(しっとうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)執刀しなかった(しっとうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)執刀しませんでした(しっとうしませんでした)
Te form執刀して(しっとうして)
Potential執刀できる(しっとうできる)
Passive執刀される(しっとうされる)
Causative執刀させる(しっとうさせる)
Causative passive執刀させられる(しっとうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)執刀すれば(しっとうすれば)
tara執刀したら(しっとうしたら)
Volitional執刀しよう(しっとうしよう)
polite (mashou)執刀しましょう(しっとうしましょう)
Imperative執刀しろ(しっとうしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related手術しゅじゅつNeutralThe most common everyday word for surgery itself; neutral in register. It names the procedure, not the surgeon personally wielding the scalpel as 「執刀」 does.
  • RelatedオペCasualColloquial medical jargon for an operation, used among medical staff; more casual than 「執刀」.
  • Related外科手術げかしゅじゅつWrittenWritten/formal prose; focuses on treatment by cutting with instruments, stressing the surgical side more than 「手術」.
  • Related切開手術せっかいしゅじゅつWrittenWritten/formal prose for incision surgery; it highlights operations that cut the body open with a scalpel.

Use 「執刀」 when a surgeon personally performs an operation, as in 「執刀医」 or 「教授が執刀する」. For the surgery itself say 「手術」; 「外科手術」 and 「切開手術」 are written-style alternatives, while medical staff casually say 「オペ」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 刃物はものを手てに持もつこと。
  2. 手術しゅじゅつや解剖かいぼうなどでメスを手てにすること。また、手術しゅじゅつや解剖かいぼうなどをすること。
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