Surgery - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body (syn: operation)
Extra examples
He's a specialist in brain surgery.
The doctor has recommended surgery.
He has recently undergone surgery on his shoulder.
The patient was taken directly to surgery.
She required surgery on her right knee.
She was in surgery for two hours Thursday.
He underwent surgery to remove a blood clot.
Dr. Hanson is in surgery.
Surgery is from 9am - 1pm on weekdays.
They had to put me under for surgery.
Is it really necessary for me to have surgery?
The nurses prepared the patient for surgery.
It's not wise to risk traveling so soon after surgery.
The doctor had to perform surgery immediately.
The procedure is gaining recognition as the latest advance in organ transplant surgery.
Word forms
singular: surgery
plural: surgeries
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