surgery
57
3.7
- noun
- /ˈsɜrdʒəri/
- UK
:
quirófano
- So I had to go back into the surgery room and get her removed.
And, and so we took him in, they took him straight into surgery.
- And, and so we took him in, they took him straight into surgery.
- And so my mom comes with me to the surgery the next morning and we're I'm holding Dylan and we're like in the OR prep room.
Examples
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Get this man to surgery as soon as the table's open.
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We are moving her to surgery.
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And the night before the surgery, Bob is staying over at my house because the surgery was in a Boston hospital.
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His improvement's been great but he got out of surgery two and half weeks ago.
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Joan, get this patient down to surgery.
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Dr. Kirman is in surgery.
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Listed in satisfactory condition following surgery, Ms. Arthur should remain in the hospital through the weekend.
Fiction book (1990) -
Mobility had steadily improved since surgery, within the limitations imposed by the surgery itself.
Academic text (2003) -
A 30-year-old male attends the surgery complaining of shortness of breath on exertion.
Academic text (2012) -
The doctor is preparing the instruments needed for the surgery tomorrow morning.
Synonyms
46
3.2
A room in a hospital where doctors do surgery
28
4.0
A hospital room where doctors do surgery
4
3.7
A room in a hospital where doctors do surgery
1
8.0
A room in a dental or medical clinic where patients receive treatment
Compounds
- Specialized
99
3.6
Operations that repair body parts or change them to improve looks
- Specialized
16
4.4
An operation where doctors open the chest to operate on the heart
- Specialized
14
3.9
An operation that fixes body parts so they look and work better after injury or disease
- Specialized
12
4.0
A serious operation on the body that doctors do while you are asleep and that has more risk
- Specialized
4
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
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
- Specialized
A degree dentists receive after dental school that lets them operate on teeth
- 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
- Informal
A quick, rough way of fixing something so it works but does not look neat
- 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 Surgical
- UK
57
3.7
140
3.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Surgery comes from Greek words cheir 'hand' and ergon 'work'. So a surgery is literally a place for doctors to do 'hand work' on patients, which is why it can mean the hospital room for operations.