surgerysur‧ge‧ry /ˈsɜːdʒəri $ ˈsɜːr-/ ●●○ S3 W2 noun (plural surgeries) 
She required surgery on her right knee.surgery for He underwent surgery for lung cancer.in surgery She was in surgery for two hours Thursday. → cosmetic surgery, plastic surgery2[uncountable] especially American English the place where operations are done in a hospital SYN operating room American English, theatre British English: Dr. Hanson is in surgery.3[countable] British English a place where a doctor or dentist gives treatment SYN office American English4[uncountable] British English a regular period each day when people can see a doctor or dentist SYN office hours American English: Surgery is from 9 am to 1 pm on weekdays.5[countable] British English a special period of time when people can see a Member of Parliament to discuss problemsCOLLOCATIONSverbshave surgery· Leslie had surgery on her toe last year.undergo surgery formal (=have surgery)· He underwent surgery to remove a bullet from his chest.· There are risks if you choose to undergo surgery.do/carry out surgery (also perform surgery formal)· A San Antonio doctor has volunteered to perform the surgery at no cost.need surgery (also require surgery formal)· He is likely to need surgery in the near future.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + surgerysuccessful· The surgery was successful and he’s recovering well.major/minor surgery· He will require major surgery to remove the lump.· The president will undergo minor surgery today to remove a small growth from his finger.heart/knee/brain etc surgery· She is now fit again after knee surgery.emergency surgery (=done quickly, in an emergency)· The teenager underwent emergency surgery after a bullet pierced her lung.cosmetic/plastic surgery (=surgery to improve someone’s appearance)· More and more people are choosing to have plastic surgery.laser surgery (=surgery done using a laser)· The doctor suggested laser surgery to improve her sight.keyhole surgery (=surgery done through a very small hole in the skin)· The operation will be done using keyhole surgery.elective surgery formal (=surgery that is not necessary, but you choose to have)· There are often long waiting times for elective surgery.COMMON ERRORS ► Don’t say ‘make surgery’. For a doctor, say perform surgery or carry out surgery. For the patient, say have surgeryor undergo surgery.
WORD ORIGINsurgery
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French cirurgie, from Latin, from Greek cheirourgia, from cheirourgos ‘working with the hand’, from cheir ‘hand’ + ergon ‘work’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- an injury requiring major surgery
- Before undergoing surgery, patients should discuss the various options with their doctor.
- He's currently recovering from surgery on his right knee.
- heart surgery
- Last year, she underwent surgery for breast cancer.
- patients on the waiting list for heart surgery
- She needed emergency surgery after the accident.
- He started the majority of games in the final two months of the season as Clyde Drexler recovered from knee surgery.
- He underwent chemotherapy and surgery to remove the tumor and his right testicle.
- Rodriguez spent most of last year rehabbing his right shoulder after surgery.
- Scientists found the new strain in an infant boy after he underwent heart surgery.
- She'd been in the surgery exactly two minutes.
- Six of these died between 10 to 60 days after surgery.
- The doctor performing the surgery on Shutt is called Denise Potter, in an ode to the inspiration.
THESAURUS
noun [countable] the process of cutting into someone’s body to repair or remove a part that is damaged: · He had an operation to remove a blood clot from his brain.
noun [countable] an operation performed in a particular way on a particular part of the body. Procedure is used especially in medical English, for example by doctors and people who work in hospitals. In everyday English people usually say operation: · a common surgical procedure· The procedure normally only takes a few minutes.
noun [countable] an operation to remove an organ from one person’s body and put it into another person’s body: · There is a shortage of donors for heart transplants.· She had to have a kidney transplant.
noun [uncountable] medical treatment involving an operation: · She required surgery on her right knee.· He was taken in for surgery.
noun [uncountable] surgery to improve someone’s appearance: · The singer has just had plastic surgery on her nose.
noun [countable] an operation to make someone’s blood flow past a part of their heart that is blocked or damaged, often using a vein that has been removed from another part of their body: · He went into hospital for a triple heart bypass.
an operation to repair an area of skin that has been badly damaged, especially using skin from another part of someone’s body: · Her leg was severely burned and may require a skin graft.
Longman Language Activatortreatment for an injury or illness a medical method of curing someone who is ill or injured, for example by means of drugs or an operation: treatment for: · Doctors are trying out a new treatment for depression.treatment of: · Natural poisons such as snake venom are now being used in the treatment of human nervous disorders.receive treatment: · He's receiving treatment for cancer.medical treatment: · They received medical treatment at the hospital after the assault.course of treatment: · a course of treatment which should lead to an improvement in the patient's condition
a series of treatments for a problem, especially a mental one, usually without drugs or operations: · The therapy involves getting the patient to tell the doctor about their early childhood.· This child is clearly very disturbed emotionally and may require long-term therapy.be in therapy: · He's been in therapy for years, but he's still got a big self-esteem problem.speech therapy (=medical help to improve speech): · Will she need to have speech therapy?physical therapy: · Don underwent months of physical therapy after the accident.
the science of understanding illness and injury, and the methods used for treating them: · Jane is studying medicine.· The discovery of penicillin revolutionized Western medicine.alternative medicinealso complementary medicine British (=medical treatments based on ideas that are different from the ideas of Western scientific medicine): · So why is complementary medicine gaining popularity?conventional medicine (=the usual form of medicine used in most Western countries, involving the use of drugs and operations): · Many of these people have been failed by conventional medicine or have rejected it.
if you have an operation , a doctor cuts into your body to remove or repair a part that is damaged: have an operation: · The doctor says I must have an operation.operation on: · I had an operation on my knee last year.carry out/perform an operation: · Ask the surgeon how many times he has performed the operation before, and with what success.
treatment by doctors in which they cut into someone's body to remove or repair a part that is damaged: · She needed emergency surgery after the accident.surgery on: · He's currently recovering from surgery on his right knee.surgery for: · Last year, she underwent surgery for breast cancer.have/undergo surgery: · Before undergoing surgery, patients should discuss the various options with their doctor.major/minor surgery (=a serious/not very serious operation): · an injury requiring major surgeryknee/abdominal/heart etc surgery: · patients on the waiting list for heart surgery
when a doctor or nurse gives someone a drug using a special needle: have an injection: · I hate having injections.give somebody an injection: · Mrs. Wilson, I'm going to give you an injection to help you relax.
British /shot American informal an injection: · a typhoid jabget a jab/shot: · The kids have to get their shots before they go to school.
WORD SETSall-terrain, adjectivebackpedal, verbbicycle, nounbicycle, verbbike, nounbike, verbbrougham, nounbuckboard, nounbuggy, nouncab, nouncaravan, nouncarriage, nouncart, nouncarter, nouncarthorse, nouncavalcade, nounchariot, nouncharioteer, nounchuck wagon, nouncoach, nouncoachman, nouncoaster brake, nouncrossbar, nouncycle, nouncycle, verbdismount, verbdogcart, noundogsled, noundray, nounfork, nounfreewheel, verbgoad, verbgoad, nounhackney carriage, nounhandcart, nounhandlebars, nounhansom, nounharness, nounharness, verbhayride, nounhorse-drawn, adjectivehorseshoe, nounhorsewoman, nounhowdah, nounhusky, nounlandau, nounmountain bike, nounoxcart, nounpack animal, nounpack horse, nounpair, nounpedal, nounpedal, verbpenny-farthing, nounpush-bike, nounpushcart, nounreflector, nounrickshaw, nounride, verbsaddle, nounsaddle bag, nounsedan chair, nounsledge, nounsledge, verbsleigh, nounspoke, nounstagecoach, nounsurgery, nounsurrey, nountandem, nounteam, nountrace, nountrailer, nountrap, nountricycle, nountruck, noununicycle, nounvelodrome, nounwagon, nounwagon train, nounwheelwright, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs elective surgery such as hip replacements The boy needs a life-saving transplant operation. He’s recovering well from reconstructive surgery on his nose.
1[uncountable] medical treatment in which a surgeon cuts open your body to repair or remove something insidesurgery on· Leslie had surgery on her toe last year.
formal (=have surgery)· He underwent surgery to remove a bullet from his chest.· There are risks if you choose to undergo surgery.
(also perform surgery formal)· A San Antonio doctor has volunteered to perform the surgery at no cost.
(also require surgery formal)· He is likely to need surgery in the near future.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + surgery· The surgery was successful and he’s recovering well.
· He will require major surgery to remove the lump.· The president will undergo minor surgery today to remove a small growth from his finger.
· She is now fit again after knee surgery.
(=done quickly, in an emergency)· The teenager underwent emergency surgery after a bullet pierced her lung.
(=surgery to improve someone’s appearance)· More and more people are choosing to have plastic surgery.
(=surgery done using a laser)· The doctor suggested laser surgery to improve her sight.
(=surgery done through a very small hole in the skin)· The operation will be done using keyhole surgery.
formal (=surgery that is not necessary, but you choose to have)· There are often long waiting times for elective surgery.
COMMON ERRORS ► Don’t say ‘make surgery’. For a doctor, say perform surgery or carry out surgery. For the patient, say have surgeryor undergo surgery.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES elective surgery such as hip replacements The boy needs a life-saving transplant operation. He’s recovering well from reconstructive surgery on his nose.· The cyclist underwent emergency surgery yesterday after a collision with a car.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· After defensive end Charles Haley had back surgery last month, the coaches moved tackle Leon Lett to end.· Defenseman Dmitri Mironov is likely out for the season following back surgery....· Person is expected to be out for the season after back surgery last month.· Tocchet had back surgery after the 1993-94 season and missed 12 games last season with back problems.
· I hope that the waiting list for cardiac surgery will reduce greatly over the next year.· Heart disease, then major cardiac surgery and now what is being described as pneumonia have kept him from work.· Will he urgently encourage all boards to purchase coronary artery bypass surgery and other cardiac surgery from Great Britain?· There was no cardiac surgery unit in the two districts studied.· In addition, cardiac surgery was not carried out in the two districts studied.· Any renal unit serving a district with cardiac surgery facilities would have significantly more patients developing acute postoperative renal failure.· Two different points to consider For many elderly patients it will be decided that cardiac surgery is not clinically indicated.· The rate of stroke in high-risk cardiac surgery patients receiving aprotinin therapy is lower than would be anticipated.
· Will he urgently encourage all boards to purchase coronary artery bypass surgery and other cardiac surgery from Great Britain?
· I have seen too many people who have looked odd after cosmetic surgery.· We talked about cosmetic surgery and we asked to see the scars.· Have cosmetic surgery every two years?· Women who undergo cosmetic surgery still far outnumber their male counterparts.· Talking point - Cosmetic surgery Would you spend thousands on a new face?· More women are now undergoing cosmetic surgery more and more often.· It would be so even if cosmetic surgery were painless, which it most definitely is not.· The aim is to tell the surgeons about a survey which shows the most popular forms of cosmetic surgery.
· If the tooth is loosened in its socket, modern dental surgery may be able to fix it to adjacent teeth.· The familiar smell of the dental surgery comes from oil of cloves, a component of some dental cements.· We have our own dental surgery, physio department, dispensary, X-ray unit.· Bone collected during dental implant surgery: a clinical and histological study.· I was allowed no anaesthetic because I was so drunk, but felt nothing of the emergency dental surgery or stitches.· People who can't afford private treatment will be forced to visit school dentists or mobile dental surgeries.
· The risks of this condition after elective minor surgery under local anaesthesia have probably not been appreciated.· The hospital delayed elective surgeries, but the day otherwise went smoothly, a spokeswoman said.· Diagnostic tests and elective surgeries may be postponed or ordered less frequently.
· This was to be our first meeting since the threat of further surgery or at the least, drugs.· She still faces further surgery to repair her eyelids, which we re partially destroyed and do not fully close.· A further group with anastomotic recurrences are often unsuitable for further surgery.· A biopsy was inconclusive and further surgery was advised.· The former tennis player had a quadruple heart by-pass in 1979 and further surgery in 1983.· He has already undergone one operation and faces further surgery.· Yesterday a Durham Police spokesman said the consultant in charge of Pringle had told detectives he is to undergo further surgery next month.· Thanks to Robodoc's accuracy, doctors hope further surgery will not be necessary this time.
· The cause for this is not clear but one factor could be the higher proportion of miners who had had gastric surgery.· Delayed gastric emptying after surgery was confirmed in only 20% of patients referred with this clinical diagnosis.· Patients with previous oesophageal or gastric surgery were excluded from the study.· Previous gastric surgery was uncommon in all three groups and showed no significant difference.· Previous gastric surgery was not a feature of our tumour group as has been suggested by previous studies.· Persistant pain is often reported after gastric surgery and management is difficult.· Conversely, operations that divert bile away from the stomach will ameliorate dysplastic features induced by previous gastric surgery.· None of these patients had had previous gastric surgery.
· Preventative medicine should be practised in every general practice surgery in the country.· The second phase would be carried out by the dispersal of nurses and psychologists into general practice surgeries and day hospitals.· The regional authority provided £40,000 for ophthalmology and £10,000 has been identified for general surgery.· The district nurse is attached to the general practitioner surgery or health centre.· And about geriatrics never again being isolated from general medicine and surgery.· Organ donor cards are available from most hospitals, general practice surgeries, dispensing pharmacists, and social security offices. 9.· They do not want to waste their time going backwards and forwards to the general practitioner's surgery.· The money will be used to help patients waiting for operations in orthopaedic, urology, general and oral surgery areas.
· Read in studio A team of cancer specialists has developed a new treatment that reduces the need for major surgery.· And, short of major corporate surgery, none of these are likely to change.· Mr Readman said Pringle had to undergo major surgery to his jaw in the middle of June before police could interview him.· What was done was major surgery.· The surgeon says that it can avoid major surgery.· Still, major surgery may not be necessary.· The jeweller has undergone major surgery for his injuries but is now out of intensive care.· If treatment is needed the success rate is very high. Major surgery is rarely necessary.
· Others increased provision of minor surgery with a view to reducing referrals to certain specialties.· I wished for my Mom to take care of me after minor surgery last year.· The risks of this condition after elective minor surgery under local anaesthesia have probably not been appreciated.· Finally he decided to enter the hospital for minor surgery, in the hope of seeing more of her there.· There is only one reported case associated with minor dermatological surgery and that was from the United States in 1987.· We have already ear-marked one fine beech for only minor surgery.· Had had, so Sammler was told, minor surgery.
· The two men agree their chances of survival without open heart surgery were slim.· With today's 99 percent success rate the future for most open heart surgery patients is rosy.· Under the current arrangements, the priorities within open heart surgery are decided solely by the clinicians concerned.· The co-pilot Jim had a scar on his chest from open heart surgery.· And bravely once again she's opted for an open surgery.· Despite the development of radiation strictures in three patients none required open surgery.
· One way of exorcizing such fear and longing is to submit to the ghastly ritual of plastic surgery.· HOUSTONRight before Geni Hefner had plastic surgery to repair her battered face, she sat in her apartment and recalled the horror.· Later, police rushed the damaged nose part to hospital where it was sewn back on by delicate plastic surgery.· Carrillo died last July 4 from complications following extensive plastic surgery and liposuction.· Medical care at the hospital was soon expanded to include rehabilitation and plastic surgery.
· Only one patient was non-white. Previous gastric surgery was uncommon in all three groups and showed no significant difference.· Patients with abnormal findings at endoscopy or who had had previous surgery were excluded from the study.· Conversely, operations that divert bile away from the stomach will ameliorate dysplastic features induced by previous gastric surgery.· None of these patients had had previous gastric surgery.· No patient had a coexisting medical complaint likely to affect bile acid metabolism nor had any undergone previous bowel surgery other than appendicectomy.
· The body politic may have undergone radical surgery and it may have aged considerably, but it has continued to endure.· Despite the radical surgery, the workers' bodies were the same as they had been in Britain.· Yet without fairly radical surgery, the long-term health of the company might have been in jeopardy.· King then recommended even more radical surgery.· Action was being undertaken, but it was far removed from the radical surgery that seemed to be needed.· Improvements in drug therapy are being introduced all the time, reducing the need for radical surgery.
· She made a documentary about having reconstructive surgery, to help other women understand what the process was like.· Surgeons who performed reconstructive surgery encountered many problems similar to those faced by their medical colleagues.· He's said to be recovering well from an eyelid operation and reconstructive surgery on his nose.· Next came a small hospital with a reconstructive surgery unit equipped with prosthetic and orthotic appliances and other inputs.· A plastic surgeon said no decision would be made on whether they needed reconstructive surgery until their wounds healed.· A senior, Anchrum missed 33 games after reconstructive surgery on his right knee.· After barely surviving her ordeal, the young woman began years of reconstructive surgery.· Now, with Rice out while he recovers from reconstructive knee surgery, the ball is being spread around.
NOUN· He was given a brain scan there that showed he did not need immediate brain surgery.· We learned an elaborate preparatory procedure that made scrubbing for brain surgery seem dilatory.· The procedure, Incidentally, can and has been performed on patients undergoing brain surgery.· It has become a standard in much of brain surgery today.· In brain surgery then, there was only a local anaesthetic and the patient was semi-conscious.· This view is strengthened by the fact that direct stimulation of the brain can produce sensory impressions in patients undergoing brain surgery.· The 59-year-old star needed two life-saving operation to remove blood clots and was left in a deep coma after brain surgery.
· Will he urgently encourage all boards to purchase coronary artery bypass surgery and other cardiac surgery from Great Britain?· Yeltsin underwent quintuple heart bypass surgery on Nov. 5.· Would either of them have avoided bypass surgery if they had not been top athletes?· About 300, 000 patients undergo bypass surgery annually, according to the National Center for Health Statistics.· When the only alternative was standard bypass surgery, most might have gone with angioplasty.· Yeltsin, 66, suffers from heart problems, recently underwent bypass surgery and was stricken with pneumonia last month.
· On that day, Mobutu made a triumphal return from four months of convalescence abroad after prostate cancer surgery.· The year after her cancer surgery, her kidneys gave out and one had to be removed.· During his 1985 cancer surgery, Reagan did cede power to Bush for eight hours.
· One boy, who was shot three times, had emergency surgery and was on a respirator.· Eight patients have required emergency surgery coinciding with the unrestricted reintroduction of food after remission induced by diet.· He was later brought to the Mater Hospital and underwent emergency surgery.· News of the arrests comes on the day that another pensioner underwent emergency surgery following a separate vicious robbery.· Father-of-three Andrew Cockle, 31, was taken to hospital with neck and chest injuries but died after emergency surgery.· Mrs Hayward needed emergency surgery after the bullet narrowly missed her heart.
· Lymon died from a heroin overdose, Garnes during heart surgery and Negroni from a stroke.· Has the price of heart surgery gone up in the last five hundred years?· The two men agree their chances of survival without open heart surgery were slim.· Among many recent attempts to measure spirituality in relation to health, heart surgery patients help make a point.· With today's 99 percent success rate the future for most open heart surgery patients is rosy.· Galway who has made a full recovery after heart surgery a year ago, now follows a careful diet.· Under the current arrangements, the priorities within open heart surgery are decided solely by the clinicians concerned.· The co-pilot Jim had a scar on his chest from open heart surgery.
· Basingstoke and North Hampshire Medical Trust have hosted a special reception evening launching phase two of the keyhole surgery appeal.· Advances in keyhole surgery and laser treatment mean much speedier recovery.· It said this would bring positive improvements like more keyhole surgery, reduced waiting lists, and a day surgery unit.
· Inspiration Four hamstring operations and two bouts of knee surgery later, Ian Snodin is back and back in central midfield.· Jenkins made his first 1996 appearance on Sunday, after recovering from arthroscopic knee surgery he had last month.· Carl Bradshaw starts for United, but Brian Gayle is out after knee surgery.· McElroy has the breakaway speed that seems to have eluded Hearst since knee surgery during his rookie season.· But now his injuries have caught up with him, despite a brave battle to recover from recent knee surgery.· And the Suns may get forward Danny Manning, who is recovering from knee surgery, back soon.· Stoke, still searching for a League win, recall £250,000 front-man Biggins, fit after knee surgery.· He started the majority of games in the final two months of the season as Clyde Drexler recovered from knee surgery.
VERB· Indeed, according to the results for Birmingham, about 2% of people have an aneurysm large enough to be considered for surgery.· Based on these findings the Doppler controlled injection treatment of Dieulafoy's disease could be considered an alternative to surgery.
· Tiny Kane Elmore died after becoming infected with the bacteria following heart surgery.· Wexford followed her into the surgery.· Defenseman Dmitri Mironov is likely out for the season following back surgery....· Aprotinin has been used to reduce the incidence of deep-vein thrombosis following hip surgery.· Certain women with negative lymph nodes, for example, might not need chemotherapy, radiation or hormone treatments following surgery.· Carrillo died last July 4 from complications following extensive plastic surgery and liposuction.
· He was given a brain scan there that showed he did not need immediate brain surgery.· He needed surgery to fix the shoulder and they tell me they repaired some kind of separation.· Little Odessa Blagajek has a heart tumour which needs immediate surgery.· Portland made the trade for me even though they knew I needed surgery.· And £1.5m-rated midfielder Gary Owers is still waiting to discover whether he needs surgery on a troublesome groin injury.· A plastic surgeon said no decision would be made on whether they needed reconstructive surgery until their wounds healed.· And Platt admits that he is likely to need surgery in the near future to cure the ailment.· The sources have said Johnston definitely needs surgery if he wants to play football again.
· In 52 patients, radiotherapy with 30 Gy was performed before surgery.· Surgeons who performed reconstructive surgery encountered many problems similar to those faced by their medical colleagues.· They also perform surgery, detect radiation and play records.· The group raised the $ 3, 000 for the procedure, but no doctor has expressed willingness to perform the surgery.· The doctor performing the surgery on Shutt is called Denise Potter, in an ode to the inspiration.· They have performed 40 surgeries in the last year-and-a-half.
· By last night only one victim remained in hospital - a 25-year-old man recovering from surgery to remove glass from his arm.· And the Suns may get forward Danny Manning, who is recovering from knee surgery, back soon.· Rideout has been troubled by the problem for some time and will need six weeks to recover after surgery.· He started the majority of games in the final two months of the season as Clyde Drexler recovered from knee surgery.· In Tokyo, however, recovering from major surgery, she dropped out after 16 miles.· Howe noted that it often takes a pitcher two years to completely recover from elbow surgery.· But now his injuries have caught up with him, despite a brave battle to recover from recent knee surgery.· Later, bassist Mike Mills recovered from abdominal surgery and Michael Stipe recovered from a hernia operation.
· As well as treatment of port wine stains, other lasers can be used to remove tattoos or in surgery.· Maybe he'd had his taste buds removed by surgery.· Medics will also use the kit to ensure all cancerous cells have been removed during tumour surgery.
· Roebuck's ankle required surgery to repair the lateral and medial ligaments.· HOUSTONRight before Geni Hefner had plastic surgery to repair her battered face, she sat in her apartment and recalled the horror.· A Flight Lieutenant underwent surgery to repair a broken blood vessel in the brain.· Louis in the Royce Clayton deal, underwent arthroscopic surgery last Saturday to repair a small tear in his pitching shoulder.· She still faces further surgery to repair her eyelids, which we re partially destroyed and do not fully close.
· Eight patients have required emergency surgery coinciding with the unrestricted reintroduction of food after remission induced by diet.· Any real solutions would require more surgery than Huckelberry currently wants to recommend.· Roebuck's ankle required surgery to repair the lateral and medial ligaments.· Seles has lost something on her serve this year because of a shoulder problem that will require surgery.· However, there were complications that required additional surgery, jaundice possibly caused by gall-bladder disease, and pneumonia.· Since the advent of treatment with bran, fewer patients have required surgery for the complications of diverticular disease.· She will remain on a ventilator for several days and will then require months of surgery and post-operative care.
· Once the oviduct is blocked, it is difficult to treat by surgery or other means.· Warts can also be treated with minor surgery.· There is no significant difference in the causes of death between those treated by surgery and those receiving sclerotherapy.· The primary lesion is generally treated with pituitary surgery or irradiation, or both.
· The body politic may have undergone radical surgery and it may have aged considerably, but it has continued to endure.· Two players, Danny Manning and Wayman Tisdale, underwent arthroscopic surgery to treat injuries.· More women are now undergoing cosmetic surgery more and more often.· If she undergoes surgery, it will take place in a private hospital and will be paid for by Zapatista supporters.· Yesterday a Durham Police spokesman said the consultant in charge of Pringle had told detectives he is to undergo further surgery next month.· Stressors can also be negative events, like dealing with an irate boss, getting stuck in traffic, or undergoing surgery.· He was later brought to the Mater Hospital and underwent emergency surgery.· Ratliff underwent surgery Wednesday and could be out at least 2-to-4 weeks.
She required surgery on her right knee.surgery for He underwent surgery for lung cancer.in surgery She was in surgery for two hours Thursday. → cosmetic surgery, plastic surgery2[uncountable] especially American English the place where operations are done in a hospital SYN operating room American English, theatre British English: Dr. Hanson is in surgery.3[countable] British English a place where a doctor or dentist gives treatment SYN office American English4[uncountable] British English a regular period each day when people can see a doctor or dentist SYN office hours American English: Surgery is from 9 am to 1 pm on weekdays.5[countable] British English a special period of time when people can see a Member of Parliament to discuss problemsCOLLOCATIONSverbshave surgery· Leslie had surgery on her toe last year.undergo surgery formal (=have surgery)· He underwent surgery to remove a bullet from his chest.· There are risks if you choose to undergo surgery.do/carry out surgery (also perform surgery formal)· A San Antonio doctor has volunteered to perform the surgery at no cost.need surgery (also require surgery formal)· He is likely to need surgery in the near future.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + surgerysuccessful· The surgery was successful and he’s recovering well.major/minor surgery· He will require major surgery to remove the lump.· The president will undergo minor surgery today to remove a small growth from his finger.heart/knee/brain etc surgery· She is now fit again after knee surgery.emergency surgery (=done quickly, in an emergency)· The teenager underwent emergency surgery after a bullet pierced her lung.cosmetic/plastic surgery (=surgery to improve someone’s appearance)· More and more people are choosing to have plastic surgery.laser surgery (=surgery done using a laser)· The doctor suggested laser surgery to improve her sight.keyhole surgery (=surgery done through a very small hole in the skin)· The operation will be done using keyhole surgery.elective surgery formal (=surgery that is not necessary, but you choose to have)· There are often long waiting times for elective surgery.COMMON ERRORS ► Don’t say ‘make surgery’. For a doctor, say perform surgery or carry out surgery. For the patient, say have surgeryor undergo surgery.