surgery

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♦ sur|gery /s'ɜːrdʒəri/ (surgeries)
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Surgery is medical treatment in which someone's body is cut open so that a doctor can repair, remove, or replace a diseased or damaged part.
His father has just recovered from heart surgery...
Mr Clark underwent five hours of emergency surgery.
see also cosmetic surgery, keyhole surgery,
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A surgery is the room or house where a doctor or dentist works. (BRIT; in AM, use doctor's office, dentist's office)
Bill was in the doctor's surgery demanding to know what was wrong with him.
3 [N-COUNT] oft with poss
A doctor's surgery is the period of time each day when a doctor sees patients at his or her surgery. (BRIT; in AM, use office hours)
His surgery always ends at eleven.
4 [N-COUNT] usu sing
In Britain, when someone such as an MP or a local councillor holds a surgery, they go to an office where members of the public can come and talk to them about problems or issues that concern them.
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A surgery is the room in a hospital where surgeons operate on their patients. (AM; in BRIT, use theatre, operating theatre)cos|met|ic sur|gery
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Cosmetic surgery is surgery done to make a person look more attractive.key|hole sur|gery
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Keyhole surgery is a surgical technique in which the surgeon inserts the instruments through small cuts in the patient's body, using as a guide an image provided by equipment inserted into the patient's body. (MEDICAL)plas|tic sur|gery
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Plastic surgery is the practice of performing operations to repair or replace skin which has been damaged, or to improve people's appearance.
She even had plastic surgery to change the shape of her nose.

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