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Overdose(medicine)
overdose 2, verb(dictionary)
overdose 1, noun(dictionary)
Operative(medicine)
operative(dictionary)
OPERATIVE(law)
post-operative(dictionary)
dentistry, operative(medicine)
operative dentistry(medicine)

overdose 2, verb (oh) and Operative (medicine)


overdose 2, verb (oh)



OD to take too much of a drug at one time, so that it harms you or kills you
overdose on
::She overdosed on sleeping pills.

Operative (medicine)


operative


1. Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects; as, an operative motive. "It holds in all operative principles." (South)

2. Producing the appropriate or designed effect; efficacious; as, an operative dose, rule, or penalty.

3. <surgery> Based upon, or consisting of, an operation or operations; as, operative surgery.

Origin: Cf.L. Operativus, F. Operatif.

Source: Websters Dictionary