(surgeries)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
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 ~...
Mr Clark underwent five hours of emergency ~.
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see also cosmetic ~ , keyhole ~ , plastic ~
2.
A ~ 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 ~ demanding to know what was wrong with him.
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3.
A doctor’s ~ is the period of time each day when a doctor sees patients at his or her ~. (BRIT; in AM, use office hours )
His ~ always ends at eleven.
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4.
In Britain, when someone such as an MP or a local councillor holds a ~, 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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5.
A ~ is the room in a hospital where surgeons operate on their patients. (AM; in BRIT, use theatre , operating theatre )
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