surgery
noun/ˈsɜːrdʒəri/
(plural surgeries)
Слово англійською: surgery
Переклад surgery українською: опера́ція (хірургі́чна), кабіне́т лі́каря, хірургі́я, кардіохірургі́я, пла́стика, прийо́мні годи́ни (лі́каря і т. д.)
Детальний опис
- [uncountable] medical treatment of injuries or diseases that involves cutting open a person’s body and often removing or replacing some parts; the branch of medicine connected with this treatment
- major/minor surgery
- to undergo heart/knee/shoulder surgery
- He will require surgery on his left knee.
- The doctor had to perform emergency surgery to the patient's head.
- She's a specialist in reconstructive and cosmetic surgery.
- The president is to undergo minor surgery to remove a small growth from his hand.
Collocations IllnessesIllnessesBecoming ill- catch a cold/an infectious disease/the flu/(British English) flu/pneumonia/a virus/(informal) a bug
- get (British English) ill/(North American English) sick/a disease/AIDS/breast cancer/a cold/the flu/(British English) flu/a migraine
- come down with a cold/the flu/(British English) flu
- contract a deadly disease/a serious illness/HIV/AIDS
- be infected with a virus/a parasite/HIV
- develop cancer/diabetes/a rash/an ulcer/symptoms of hepatitis
- have a heart attack/a stroke
- provoke/trigger/produce an allergic reaction
- block/burst/rupture a blood vessel
- damage/sever a nerve/an artery/a tendon
- feel (British English) ill/nauseous/queasy
- be running (British English) a temperature/(North American English) a fever
- have a head cold/diabetes/heart disease/lung cancer/a headache/(British English) a high temperature/(North American English) a fever
- suffer from asthma/malnutrition/frequent headaches/nausea/bouts of depression/post-traumatic stress disorder
- be laid up with/ (British English) be in bed with a cold/the flu/(British English) flu/a migraine
- nurse a cold/a headache/a hangover
- battle/fight cancer/depression/addiction/alcoholism
- examine a patient
- diagnose a condition/disease/disorder
- be diagnosed with cancer/diabetes/schizophrenia
- prescribe/be given/be on/take drugs/medicine/medication/pills/painkillers/antibiotics
- treat somebody for cancer/depression/shock
- have/undergo an examination/an operation/surgery/a kidney transplant/therapy/chemotherapy/treatment for cancer
- have/be given an injection/(British English) a flu jab/(North American English) a flu shot/a blood transfusion/a scan/an X-ray
- cure a disease/an ailment/cancer/a headache/a patient
- prevent the spread of disease/further outbreaks/damage to the lungs
- be vaccinated against the flu/(British English) flu/the measles/(British English) measles/polio/smallpox
- enhance/boost/confer/build immunity to a disease
Wordfindersee also brain surgery, keyhole surgery, open-heart surgery, plastic surgery, top surgery, tree surgery- amputate
- anaesthetic
- graft
- operation
- procedure
- scalpel
- scrubs
- stitch
- surgery
- transplant
- [countable] (British English) (North American English office)a place where a doctor, dentist or vet sees patients
- a doctor’s/dentist’s/vet's surgery
- [uncountable, countable] (British English) the time during which a doctor, dentist or vet is available to see patients
- morning/afternoon/evening surgery
- surgery hours
- Is there a surgery this evening?
- He holds surgery from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- [countable] (British English) a time when people can meet their Member of Parliament to ask questions and get help
- a constituency surgery
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French surgerie, contraction of serurgerie, from serurgien, based on Latin chirurgia, from Greek kheirourgia ‘handiwork, surgery’, from kheir ‘hand’ + ergon ‘work’.