surgery
The act or process of medical intervention involving incisions to remove, repair, or…The act or process of medical intervention involving incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body; an instance of this process (a procedure).
» Is the patient prepared for surgery?
Ist der Patient für die Operation vorbereitet?
Больной подготовлен к операции?
Пациентка готова к операции?
Пациент готов к операции?
Пацієнт готовий до операції?
Пацієнтка готова до операції?
Meaning
9 senses(uncountable, usually)The act or process of medical intervention involving incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body; an instance of this process (a procedure).
Surgery is often necessary to prevent cancer from spreading.
Chirurgie, Operation
опера́цияoperácija
опера́ціяoperácija
a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
(countable, uncountable)The medical specialty related to the performance of surgical procedures.
Chirurgie
хирурги́яxirurgíja
хірургі́яxirurhíja
a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations
(countable, uncountable)A room or department where surgery is performed.
Operationssaal
операцио́ннаяoperaciónnaja, хирурги́ческое отделе́ниеxirurgíčeskoje otdelénije
операці́йнаoperacíjna, хірургі́чне відді́ленняxirurhíčne viddílennja
a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted
(UK, countable, uncountable)A doctor's office; a clinic.
I dropped in on the surgery as I was passing to show the doctor my hemorrhoids.
Ordinationsraum
кабине́т врача́kabinét vračá
лі́карський кабіне́тlíkarsʹkyj kabinét, кабіне́т лі́каряkabinét líkarja
(UK, countable, uncountable)A medical practitioner’s office hours.
(UK, countable, uncountable)Any arrangement where people arrive and wait for an interview with certain people, particularly a politician. cf. clinic.
Our MP will be holding a surgery in the village hall on Tuesday.
(countable, slang, uncountable)A pre-packaged bankruptcy or "quick bankruptcy".
(countable, uncountable)The production of a manifold by removing parts of one manifold and replacing them with corresponding parts of others.
(broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable)Drastic changes made to anything.
Examples
426 sentencesIs the patient prepared for surgery?
Пацієнт готовий до операції? — deniko
ruБольной подготовлен к операции? — corvard
deIst der Patient für die Operation vorbereitet? — raggione
How long did the surgery take?
Скільки тривала операція? — deniko
ruКак долго шла операция? — odexed
deWie lange hat die Operation gedauert? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom needed money for the surgery.
Тому потрібні були гроші на операцію. — deniko
ruТому нужны были деньги на операцию. — marafon
deTom brauchte Geld für die Operation. — mhr
I don't want the surgery.
Я не хочу операцію. — deniko
ruЯ не хочу операцию. — marafon
Tom had surgery last Monday.
Минулого понеділка у Тома була хірургічна операція. — deniko
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 4
By meaning 4
By meaning 3
Origin
From Middle English surgerie, from Old French surgerie, from Latin chirurgia, from AncientFrom Middle English surgerie, from Old French surgerie, from Latin chirurgia, from Ancient Greek χειρουργία (kheirourgía), from χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”). Doublet of chirurgy.
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Forms
plural: surgeriesSynonyms
11 synonyms- a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body:operationsurgical operationsurgical proceduresurgical process
- a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations:operating roomORoperating theateroperating theatre
Word family
63 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
10 patterns- open heart surgery
- heart surgery
- need surgery
- brain surgery
- to have surgery
- plastic surgery
- out of surgery
- didn't need surgery
- surgery last
- the surgery was