meatball surgery
Surgery performed rapidly in a military field hospital to stabilize the patient as…Surgery performed rapidly in a military field hospital to stabilize the patient as quickly as possible.
Meaning
2 senses(colloquial, uncountable, usually)Surgery performed rapidly in a military field hospital to stabilize the patient as quickly as possible.
(uncountable, usually)Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see meatball, surgery.
Origin
Coined or popularised by Richard Hooker in the novel MASH (1968).Coined or popularised by Richard Hooker in the novel MASH (1968).
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Forms
plural: meatball surgeries| Singular | meatball surgery |
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uncountable
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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