surgery
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈsɜːdʒəri/
- UK
- What were the students' experiences of undertaking a placement in a GP surgery?
- a GP surgery
- nurses in the surgery
- attend the surgery
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Examples
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OK, there's a GP surgery near Dunroamin.
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We'll go in the surgery.
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OK you guys, I just got here to the little surgery place.
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Information entered on the form must also be documented on the patient's surgery records.
Academic text (2011) -
I shall get her sedated and bring her to your surgery this evening.
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When a parent comes into the surgery complaining that the baby never stops crying, how can you help?
Academic text (2014) -
Patients with chronic pain often attend frequently and may turn up at the surgery as emergencies when they feel desperate.
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You can schedule an appointment at the doctor's surgery to discuss your health concerns.
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The local GP's surgery is open every weekday for consultations and check-ups.
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He arrived early for his appointment at the dental surgery to avoid missing his check-up.
Compounds
- Specialized
93
3.6
Operations that repair body parts or change them to improve looks
- Specialized
19
4.0
A serious operation on the body that doctors do while you are asleep and that has more risk
- Specialized
17
4.4
An operation where doctors open the chest to operate on the heart
- Specialized
16
3.9
An operation that fixes body parts so they look and work better after injury or disease
- Specialized
7
3.6
A simple operation that does not need a general anaesthetic and lets you go home the same day
- Specialized
2
3.7
An operation to remove the cloudy lens of the eye and replace it with an artificial lens to restore vision
- Specialized
1
4.2
An operation using a healthy blood vessel to go around a blocked artery in the heart and restore blood flow
- Archaic
1
6.6
Operations and hormone treatment that change a person's body so it looks more like a man or a woman
- Specialized
1
4.4
A degree dentists receive after dental school that lets them operate on teeth
- Informal
1
8.4
A quick, rough way of fixing something so it works but does not look neat
- Specialized
Heart surgery done through a small cut without opening the chest
- Specialized
An operation that destroys part of the eye that makes fluid to lower eye pressure
- Archaic
An old job where people who cut hair also do small operations and pull teeth
- Specialized
A cataract operation that removes the front of the lens and keeps the back capsule to hold an artificial lens
- Specialized
A surgery that makes a small opening in the eye to let fluid drain and lower eye pressure
- Specialized
Surgery using a laser to make tiny burns in the eye to help fluid drain and lower eye pressure
- Specialized
An operation using small tools and a camera to bypass blocked blood vessels while the heart beats
- Archaic
An eye operation that removes the whole lens and its thin outer layer
- Specialized
An operation on the heart using small cuts and cameras to bypass blocked arteries while a machine keeps blood moving
- Specialized
An operation to remove or change the testicles as part of a gender transition
How Medical
Surface Forms
Etymology
Surgery comes from Greek words cheir 'hand' and ergon 'work', so it originally meant 'work done by the hands'. That's why in British English a doctor's surgery can mean the room where the doctor meets patients.