单词 | surgery |
释义 | surgery —surgery /ˈsɜː.dʒər.i/ aep /ˈsɝː.dʒɚ-/ noun (ADVICE) B2 [C or U] UK (US office) a place where you can go to ask advice from or receive treatment from a doctor or dentist: » If you come to the surgery at 10.30, the doctor will see you then.» On Saturday mornings, surgery (= the fixed period of opening of the place where you can go to see your doctor) is from 9.00 to 12.00.Thesaurus+: ↑Medical places and organizationsF0 [C] the regular period of time when a person can visit their Member of Parliament to ask advice: » Our MP holds a weekly surgery on Friday mornings.Thesaurus+: ↑Local government and politicsnoun [U] (MEDICAL OPERATION) ► B2 the treatment of injuries or diseases in people or animals by cutting open the body and removing or repairing the damaged part: » The patient had/underwent surgery on his heart.» He made a good recovery after surgery to remove a brain tumour.Thesaurus+: ↑Surgery• • • Extra Examples:» With something as delicate as brain surgery, there is little margin for error .» Heart surgery exacts tremendous skill and concentration.» In the 1870s and 1880s, doctors began to follow the principles of antiseptic surgery.» Ligatures are used in surgery to stop the flow of a bleeding artery.» Without surgery, this animal will die slowly and painfully. |
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