Synonyms for surgery
ˈsɜr dʒə risur·ge·ry

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1. surgerynoun

   A procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body.

   Many times surgery is necessary to prevent cancer from spreading.

   Synonyms:
   operation

2. surgerynoun

   A room or department where surgery is performed.

   I would discuss hospital policy to you more, but I’m wanted in surgery.

   Synonyms:
   operating theatre, operating room, theatre

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1. surgerynoun

   the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures

   "he is professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School"

   Synonyms:
   operating room, operating theater, surgical operation, surgical procedure, operation, surgical process, operating theatre

2. surgerynoun

   a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted

   "he read the warning in the doctor's surgery"

   Synonyms:
   operating room, operating theater, surgical operation, surgical procedure, operation, surgical process, operating theatre

3. operating room, OR, operating theater, operating theatre, surgerynoun

   a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations

   "great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic"

   Synonyms:
   operating room, surgical operation, surgical process, operation, operating theater, surgical procedure, operating theatre

4. operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical processnoun

   a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body

   "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery"

   Synonyms:
   mathematical operation, process, procedure, operating room, surgical operation, operating theatre, cognitive operation, performance, functioning, operating theater, operation, military operation, cognitive process, surgical procedure, mental process, mathematical process, surgical process

Matched Categories

1. • Hospital Room
   • Medical Science
   • Room

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1. surgerynoun

   Synonyms:
   aciurgy

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1. List of paraphrases for "surgery":

   surgical, chirurgie, surgeries, operation, surgeon, transaction, intervention

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1. Miton Waner:

   This type of surgery is very, very difficult, very dangerous and certainly life-threatening.

2. Chris Mellor:

   Norfolk Area corner Yvonne Blake said.But because of Norfolk Area corner Yvonne Blake family history with DVT, doesnt that make Norfolk Area corner Yvonne Blake out of the range of the average patient ? She was out for three hours having multiple procedures. MODEL HAD BREAST IMPLANTS REMOVED AFTER BODY BEGAN REJECTING THEM Blake suggested that it may have been more appropriate for Ms Harvey to have the drugs due to Ms Harvey tummy tuck which would have reduced Ms Harvey mobility while Ms Harvey recovered, making a blood clot more likely. Chris Mellor, representing Transform, said that guidelines about the prescribing of anticoagulant drugs were not firm rules. Whilst there are guidelines, they are not necessarily guidelines that apply to this particular type of surgery.

3. Hassan Ghomrawi:

   There are multiple studies that have shown that patients who do surgery when their function is very deteriorated may improve quite a bit, but their improvement is still not to the average, they lag behind in optimal benefit.

4. Timothy Pawlik:

   Many physicians avoid discussing cure as they believe that cure cannot be accurately estimated so they may avoid taking up the topic, physicians may also avoid discussing the possibility of cure because of a belief that patients already have so many other things to think about such as procedure details, risks, getting ready for surgery, etc.

5. Jenn Andrews:

   When I woke up from surgery my Facebook and Instagram was flooded with #MoveforJenn posts and I can’t put into words what it meant to me to see that so many people got moving.