intervento

Definitions of intervento
  1. noun
    the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.)
    synonyms: intercessione, intromissione
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    intermediazione, mediazione
    the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement
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    coinvolgimento, partecipazione
    the act of sharing in the activities of a group
  2. noun
    the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
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    predica
    a speech that is open to the public
    orazione
    addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous)
    discorso, omelia, predica, predicazione, sermone
    an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)
    recita, recital, recitazione
    a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance
    dibattimento, dibattito
    the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote)
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    dire
    the use of language to perform some act
  3. noun
    a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
    synonyms: operazione, operazione chirurgica
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    asportazione, escissione
    surgical removal of a body part or tissue
    raschiamento
    surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette
    sterilizzazione
    the act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce)
    innesto, trapianto
    an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)
    appendicectomia
    surgical removal of the vermiform appendix
    fissaggio
    the sterilization of an animal
    vasectomia
    surgical procedure that removes all or part of the vas deferens (usually as a means of sterilization); is sometimes reversible
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