单词 | surgery |
释义 | surgery/ˈsəːdʒ(ə)ri /noun (plural surgeries) 1 [mass noun] The treatment of injuries or disorders of the body by incision or manipulation, especially with instruments: cardiac surgery he had surgery on his ankle...
2British A place where a doctor, dentist, or other medical practitioner treats or advises patients.Literature will be available from libraries, GP surgeries, hospitals and dentists....
2.1 [in singular] A period of time during which patients may visit a doctor, dentist, or other medical practitioner for treatment or advice: Doctor Bailey had finished his evening surgery...
2.2An occasion on which an MP, lawyer, or other professional person gives advice.Woodhatch residents no longer need to travel to Redhill for advice as an outreach surgery will be operating soon on their doorstep....
OriginMiddle English: from Old French surgerie, contraction of serurgerie, from serurgien (see surgeon). Rhymes |
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