surgery

surgery
noun
1 medical treatment
ADJECTIVE
▪ major, radical
▪ minor
▪ extensive
▪ further
▪ successful, unsuccessful
▪ keyhole, laser
▪ invasive
▪

One of his specialities is minimally invasive surgery.

▪ elective, emergency, experimental, exploratory
▪

They discussed whether patients should have to pay for all elective surgery.

▪ day, outpatient (AmE)
▪ cosmetic, plastic, reconstructive
▪ cataract, eye
▪ bypass, cardiac, heart, open-heart
▪

to undergo coronary bypass surgery

▪ abdominal, brain, gastric, orthopaedic/orthopedic, paediatric/pediatric, etc.
▪ elbow, hip, knee, etc.
▪  … replacement
▪

patients recovering from hip replacement surgery

▪ general
VERB + SURGERY
▪ get, have, undergo
▪

She had minor surgery on her knee.

▪

She had three surgeries over ten days. (AmE)

▪ do, perform
▪

He has been performing heart surgery for ten years.

▪ need, require
▪ recommend
▪ consider
▪ come off (used about sportspeople) (AmE)
▪

a left-handed hitter coming off elbow surgery

PREPOSITION
▪ after surgery, before surgery, during surgery
▪

She felt weak for six months after undergoing major abdominal surgery.

▪ surgery for
▪

emergency surgery for appendicitis

▪ surgery on
▪

She had surgery on her knee.

▪ surgery to
▪

After the accident, she needed extensive plastic surgery to her face.

2 (BrE) place/time a doctor/dentist sees patients
ADJECTIVE
▪ open
▪ afternoon, evening, morning
▪ dental, doctor's, GP's, veterinary
VERB + SURGERY
▪ do, have, hold
▪

I'll do morning surgery, if you like.

▪

She has a morning surgery.

▪

He holds surgery from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

▪ attend, go to
▪

those attending the doctor's surgery with physical symptoms

▪

I'll have to go to the surgery to pick up the prescription.

SURGERY + NOUN
▪ hours
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the surgery
▪

Dr Smith isn't in the surgery today.


Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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