Meaning

9 senses
  1. (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

  2. (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

  3. (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

  4. (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

  5. (UK, countable, uncountable)A medical practitioner’s office hours.

  6. (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.

  7. (countable, slang, uncountable)A pre-packaged bankruptcy or "quick bankruptcy".

  8. (countable, uncountable)The production of a manifold by removing parts of one manifold and replacing them with corresponding parts of others.

  9. (broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable)Drastic changes made to anything.

Examples

426 sentences
  1. Is the patient prepared for surgery?

    Пацієнт готовий до операції? — deniko

    ruБольной подготовлен к операции? — corvard

    deIst der Patient für die Operation vorbereitet? — raggione

  2. How long did the surgery take?

    Скільки тривала операція? — deniko

    ruКак долго шла операция? — odexed

    deWie lange hat die Operation gedauert? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. 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

  4. I don't want the surgery.

    Я не хочу операцію. — deniko

    ruЯ не хочу операцию. — marafon

  5. Tom had surgery last Monday.

    Минулого понеділка у Тома була хірургічна операція. — deniko

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 4
procedure involving major incisions:
medical specialty:
room or department where surgery is performed:
doctor's consulting room:
Русский
By meaning 4
procedure involving major incisions:
medical specialty:
room or department where surgery is performed:
doctor's consulting room:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
procedure involving major incisions:
room or department where surgery is performed:
doctor's consulting room:

Origin

From Middle English surgerie, from Old French surgerie, from Latin chirurgia, from Ancient

From 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: surgeries
Singularsurgery
Pluralsurgeries

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
site of surgical operations:theatreA1operating roomoperating theatre
doctor's office:officeA1
Close in meaning

Word family

63 related words

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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