surgery

柯林斯词典

1. N-UNCOUNT 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. 外科手术
His father has just recovered from heart surgery. 他父亲刚从心脏手术中恢复过来。
2. →see also cosmetic surgery , plastic surgery
3. N-COUNT A surgery is the room or house where a doctor or dentist works. 诊室[英国英语]
4. N-COUNT A doctor's surgery is the period of time each day when a doctor sees patients at his or her surgery. 诊疗时间[英国英语]
5. N-COUNT A surgery is the area in a hospital with operating rooms where surgeons operate on their patients. 手术室[美国英语]

With something as delicate as brain surgery, there is little margin for error .
Heart surgery exacts tremendous skill and concentration .
In the 1870s and 1880s, doctors began to follow the principles of antiseptic surgery.
Ligatures are used in surgery to stop the flow of a bleeding artery .
Without surgery, this animal will die slowly and painfully .