operadas

Operadas is the feminine plural form of the Spanish adjective operada, derived from the past participle of the verb operar. In Spanish, operada means “operated” or “that has undergone an operation.” The form operadas is used for feminine plural nouns or noun phrases, matching the gender and number of the noun it describes. In medical and clinical writing, operada is commonly used to indicate that a person or body part has undergone a surgical procedure.

When used as a noun phrase, las operadas can refer to women who have undergone surgery; the masculine plural is los operados, and in some contexts los operados may be used for mixed-gender groups depending on style and convention. Because it is a participial adjective, operada agrees in gender and number with the noun: las pacientes operadas, un grupo de operadas, etc. In non-medical contexts, the participle can describe objects or processes that have been operated on, though phrases like muestras operadas are less common.

Etymology: from operar, via the Latin operatus. Related forms include operar, operación, operador, and operado. While operadas is primarily a grammatical form in Spanish, its occurrence in text signals that the subject has undergone some operation or procedure, most often a surgical one, within medical narratives. The term is widely understood in Spanish-language medical and scientific writing, and its use is governed by standard gender and number agreement rules of the language.