surgery
noun
uk/ˈsɜː.dʒər.i/us/ˈsɝː.dʒər.i/surgerynoun(MEDICAL OPERATION)
B2[U]
thetreatmentofinjuriesordiseasesinpeopleoranimalsbycuttingopenthebodyandremovingorrepairingthedamagedpart:
外科手术Thepatienthad/underwentsurgeryonhisheart.这位病人接受了心脏外科手术。
He made a goodrecoveryafter surgerytoremoveabraintumour.做了脑部肿瘤切除手术以后,他恢复得很好。
[C]US
anoccasionwhen amedicaloperationinvolvingcuttingopenthebodyisperformedon someone :
外科手术He has had three surgeries on hiswristin the past twoyears.在过去的两年里,他已经接受了三 次腕部手术。
- With something asdelicateasbrainsurgery, there is littlemarginforerror.
- Heart surgeryexactstremendousskillandconcentration.
- In the 1870s and 1880s,doctorsbegantofollowtheprinciplesofantisepticsurgery.
- Ligatures are used in surgery tostoptheflowof ableedingartery.
- Without surgery, thisanimalwilldieslowlyandpainfully.
Medical treatment: surgery
- a nip and tuckidiom
- ablate
- adrenalectomy
- amputation
- amputee
- anaesthesiology
- anaesthetize
- implantable
- implantation
- incision
- interoperative
- intraoperative
- knife
- laughing gas
- sex change
- sex reassignment surgery
- snip
- splenectomy
- spreader
- transfusion
surgerynoun(ADVICE)
B2[CorU]UK(USoffice)
aplacewhere you can go toaskadvicefrom orreceivetreatmentfrom adoctorordentist:
(医生或牙医的)诊所If you come to the surgery at 10.30, thedoctorwillseeyou then.如果你10点半来诊所的话,医生正好有空为你看病。
OnSaturdaymornings, surgery(= theperiodofopeningof theplacewhere you can go toseeyourdoctor)is from 9.00 to 12.00.诊所周六上午的营业时间是从9点到12点。
[C]UK
theregularperiodoftimewhen apersoncanvisittheirMember of Parliament toaskadvice:
(议员的)接待时间Our MPholdsaweeklysurgery onFridaymornings.我们选区的议员每周五上午接待来访。
Medical places & organizations
- A & E
- accident and emergency
- aid station
- biotech
- birth centre
- blood bank
- consulting room
- dispensary
- institutional
- madhouse
- maternity ward
- NICU
- NIH
- non-hospital
- out of hoursidiom
- outpatients
- pharmacy
- PICU
- socialized medicine
- ward
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