surgical procedure
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4.3
- noun
- /ˈsɜrdʒɪkəl prəˈsidʒər/
- Specialized
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operación
- Maxillomandibular advancement is an extremely effective surgical procedure for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.
- perform surgical procedures
- invasive surgical procedures
- major surgical procedures
Sometimes that's a surgical procedure or it's things like wearing masks to treat the sleep apnea.
- Sometimes that's a surgical procedure or it's things like wearing masks to treat the sleep apnea.
- It, it was a story about a person with very low IQ who underwent a surgical procedure in the brain and he slowly became a genius.
Examples
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Our findings demonstrate that both adenoidectomy and adenotonsillectomy are useful surgical procedures for treating persistent OME.
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Any surgical procedure carries the risks of introducing bacteria to the bloodstream.
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What we're talking about is a surgical procedure just to the joint.
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Enough for at least 10 surgical procedures.
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Access to food and water was eliminated 24 hours before the surgical procedure.
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Patients scheduled for surgical procedures continue to express concerns about their safety, outcome, and comfort.
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We continued to improve the surgical procedure and have achieved an operative mortality rate of 5%.
Academic text (2017) -
The president is about to undergo a surgical procedure to repair some of the inferior aorta.
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Tonsillectomy with or without adenoidectomy is one of the most frequently performed surgical procedures in the United States.
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The patient is scheduled to undergo a surgical procedure to remove the tumor from his abdomen.
Synonyms
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2.7
An operation in which a doctor cuts into the body to treat or repair it
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3.7
A surgery where a doctor cuts the body to fix a problem
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8.6
A surgical cut into the belly to look at the organs inside
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7.2
A small operation that uses a thin camera inserted through the belly to check or treat organs
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3.0
A medical treatment where a doctor makes a cut to fix, remove, or replace a part of the body
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3.4
A surgery on the eye to fix vision or treat eye problems
An operation where a surgeon cuts the body to fix or remove a problem
How Complex
- Specialized
21
4.3
37
3.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a medical operation' is directly and compositionally derived from 'surgical' (relating to surgery) modifying 'procedure' (ordered steps), so the phrase denotes a procedure that involves surgery. This straightforward noun–noun modification is cross-linguistically common and follows regular English composition patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would understand it.
Etymology
Surgical procedure comes from the idea of a surgeon working by hand with tools to make careful cuts and follow exact steps. The word surgical points to the cut-and-repair action and procedure means the set of steps, so together they mean 'an operation' to treat a problem in the body.