surgery
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈsɜrdʒəri/
- Specialized
:
cirugía
- After careful consideration, he decided to undergo surgery to correct his heart issue.
- plastic surgery
- breast surgery
- reconstructive surgery
Orthopedic surgery, F no D we're moving up.
- Orthopedic surgery, F no D we're moving up.
Examples
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After two years and more than a dozen surgeries, Paul is healthy, healed and whole.
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And they work side by side with Doctor McGregor to do surgery on patients.
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But because he had surgery last year...
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We're in the middle of surgery here.
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If antibiotics fail, that means surgery has failed.
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On the other hand, clearly having the surgery to implant this is some risk.
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She is performing surgery as we speak.
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We'll be performing surgery to relieve the pressure, and afterwards, she'll need long period of convalescence.
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The doctor explained that the best option for her condition was surgery to remove the tumor.
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The patient was nervous but relieved when they finally scheduled the surgery to fix his knee injury.
Synonyms
273
3.7
A surgery where a doctor cuts the body to fix a problem
21
4.3
A medical operation that uses cuts to treat disease or injury
2
3.0
A medical treatment where a doctor makes a cut to fix, remove, or replace a part of the body
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 Specialized
Surface Forms
Etymology
Surgery comes from Greek words cheir 'hand' and ergon 'work'. So the word names the part of medicine where doctors use their hands and tools to treat the body, which is why surgery is a branch of medicine.