surgery

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UK /ˈsɜː.d͡ʒə.ɹi/ US /ˈsɝ.d͡ʒə.ɹi/

noun 5

Collocations

(noun.) medical treatment

ADJ

invasive

The doctor recommended invasive surgery to remove the tumor from her kidney.

elective, emergency, experimental, exploratory, remedial

The hospital decided to postpone her emergency surgery until the specialist arrived.

cosmetic, plastic | general | abdominal, brain, bypass, cardiac, gastric, heart, knee, open-heart, orthopaedic, paediatric

VERB + SURGERY

have, undergo

My grandfather underwent heart surgery last month and is recovering well at home.

perform

The surgeon will perform emergency surgery on the patient tomorrow morning.

need, require

PREP

after/before/during ~

The patient needed to rest at home for several weeks before surgery.

~ for

My grandmother had surgery for cataracts last month and can now see much better.

~ to

The doctor performed surgery to remove the damaged cartilage from his knee.

(noun.) place/time a doctor/dentist sees patients

ADJ

open | afternoon, evening, morning | dental, doctor's, GP's, veterinary

VERB + SURGERY

do, have, hold

The doctor holds surgery every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon at the local clinic.

attend, go to

My mother goes to the surgery every month for her blood pressure check.

SURGERY + NOUN

hours

PREP

in a/the ~

The nurse told me to wait in the surgery while she prepared the examination room.

Definitions

noun

The act or process involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body; an instance of this process (a procedure).

Surgery is often necessary to prevent cancer from spreading.

When performed poorly, a labiaplasty — a procedure to reduce the size of the labia minora, and one of the fastest-growing cosmetic surgeries worldwide — can also damage nerves, leading to genital pain and loss of sexual sensation.

The medical specialty related to the performance of surgical procedures.

A room or department where surgery is performed.

The physician's proper place was in the library, not in the surgery.

A doctor's office; a clinic.

I dropped in on the surgery as I was passing to show the doctor my hemorrhoids.

A medical practitioner’s office hours.

Surgery is from six to seven o’clock. If you wanted to bring a dog in, that would be your best time.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments

operation

noun — a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgica

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

brain surgery

Surgery on the brain or, loosely, any part of the nervous system.

rocket surgery

Anything overly complex, detailed, or confusing.

It's not rocket surgery. Just screw in the bulb and flip the switch.

Example Bank

Surgery is often necessary to prevent cancer from spreading.

Wiktionary

The physician's proper place was in the library, not in the surgery.

Wiktionary

Even plastic surgery won't do anything for your ugliness.

Tatoeba · #6052

Please go to the Surgery Department.

Tatoeba · #21986

I learned that you are in the hospital recovering from heart surgery.

Tatoeba · #252698

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, surgery is marked as British. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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