overoperate
verb
over·op·er·ate
ˌō-vər-ˈä-pə-ˌrāt 
-ˈä-ˌprāt
overoperated; overoperating
: to perform surgery on someone or something unnecessarily or to an excessive and often harmful degree
questioned whether the hospital's policies encouraged surgeons to overoperate
overoperate a knee problem
The patients, of course, want significant rejuvenation …. They want to look "young, not done," "rejuvenated and not overoperated."—
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“Overoperate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overoperate. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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