Synonym: operation. Antonym: medicine. Similar words: surgeon, urge, imagery, drudgery, large, target, emerge, very. Meaning: ['sɜrdʒərɪ /'sɜːg-] n. 1. the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures 2. a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted 3. a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations 4. a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body.
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211. Though it's not suitable for all emergency operations, look out for more techniques in routine surgery.
212. She made a documentary about having reconstructive surgery, to help other women understand what the process was like.
213. One boy, who was shot three times, had emergency surgery and was on a respirator.
214. They do not want to waste their time going backwards and forwards to the general practitioner's surgery.
215. Instead, 20-year-old Alison was transferred by ambulance to a specialist plastic surgery unit 60 miles away.
216. I have seen too many people who have looked odd after cosmetic surgery.
217. There may be apprehension about being in hospital and the surgery itself and sometimes fear about prognosis and/or dying.
218. Surgery means an operation in which you will be given a general anaesthetic so that you are very deeply unconscious.
219. However, there were complications that required additional surgery, jaundice possibly caused by gall-bladder disease, and pneumonia.
220. Desperate, his wife Irene chased up a radio advertisement for drop-in surgery performed with only a local anaesthetic.
221. The diagnosis could worsen if specialists decide he needs surgery on knee ligament or cartilage damage.
222. Following summer surgery on his damaged ankle ligaments[sentencedict.com], Sterland hoped to return in Jim Beglin's testimonial against Liverpool.
223. Two different points to consider For many elderly patients it will be decided that cardiac surgery is not clinically indicated.
224. The swop did not come to light until Arlena, who suffered from a congenital heart defect, had to undergo surgery.
225. But she must wear a special cap to protect her head while she waits for more surgery.
226. We have our own dental surgery, physio department, dispensary, X-ray unit.
227. Any renal unit serving a district with cardiac surgery facilities would have significantly more patients developing acute postoperative renal failure.
228. It was a gray, cool autumn day and all the bees were home, now agitated by the surgery.
229. Some had transfusions after childbirth, during planned operations,(sentencedict.com/surgery.html) or during surgery after an accident.
230. Yesterday a Durham Police spokesman said the consultant in charge of Pringle had told detectives he is to undergo further surgery next month.
231. Chiron Vision develops and manufactures products for treating progressive eye diseases and for improving cataract and refractive surgery.
232. Father-of-three Andrew Cockle, 31, was taken to hospital with neck and chest injuries but died after emergency surgery.
233. Previous gastric surgery was uncommon in all three groups and showed no significant difference.
234. There is no doubt that, superficially at least, the transsexual consents, is indeed very anxious that surgery be carried out.
235. There were about twenty people waiting in the surgery, sitting on the cement floor.
236. The sources have said Johnston definitely needs surgery if he wants to play football again.
237. He may have received psychotherapy, but has not yet undergone conversion surgery even if he is contemplating it.
238. The risks of this condition after elective minor surgery under local anaesthesia have probably not been appreciated.
239. Different treatment methods - surgery, chemotherapy, or a combination of both - did not significantly affect survival.
240. Women choosing surgery had significantly reduced levels of anxiety while those who declined had no such reduction.