| 单词 | spare-part surgery |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspare-part(s) surgery 2. transferred. A visceral organ or other bodily part from a donor, or a prosthetic device, which is to be used to replace a defective organ, etc., in a person. Frequently attributive, as spare-part(s) surgery. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > prosthesis or spare part > [noun] prosthesis1900 spare part1944 the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > transplanting and grafting operations > [noun] > a transplant or graft graft1871 transplant1913 spare part1944 1944 Reader's Digest XLV. 25 (title) Banks for Human ‘Spare Parts’. 1960 S. Plath Colossus 87 The storerooms are full of hearts. This is the city of spare parts. 1963 Daily Tel. 21 Sept. 9/5 Spare part surgery is still in its infancy. 1967 New Scientist 25 May 449/1 With the technique of kidney transplantation now firmly established..spare-part surgeons are now turning their attention to other organs in the body. 1968 Guardian 6 May 8/1 Spare parts surgery is too important to be left to the surgeons alone. 1970 D. J. Marlowe in Mystery Writers' Choice 1977 (1977) 4 ‘Well, what about your body?’ I still didn't care for the idea about being used for spare parts. 1977 B. Pym Quartet in Autumn ii. 20 She could donate certain organs to assist in research or spare-part surgery. < as lemmas |
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