1640s, "practicable," from operate + -able, or else from Late Latin operabilis. Surgical sense, "capable of treatment by operation," recorded by 1904. Related: Operability.
an operable cancer
an operable plan
opening
openly
open-minded
openness
opera
operable
operand
operant
operate
operatic
operation
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