Surgery - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈsɜːrdʒərɪ|  American pronunciation of the word surgery
Brit.  |ˈsɜːdʒ(ə)rɪ|  British pronunciation of the word surgery

noun

- the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures
he is professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School
- a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted
he read the warning in the doctor's surgery
- a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations (syn: or)
- a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body (syn: operation)
he died while undergoing surgery

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

noun
singular: surgery
plural: surgeries
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