Tra từ surgery - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

sur·gery f4774 [surgery surgeries] BrE [ˈsɜːdʒəri] NAmE [ˈsɜːrdʒəri] noun (pl. sur·geries)
1. uncountable medical treatment of injuries or diseases that involves cutting open a person's body and often removing or replacing some parts; the branch of medicine connected with this treatment
•major/minor surgery
•to undergo heart surgery
•He will require surgery on his left knee. In American English the countable form can be used
•She had three surgeries over ten days.
see also ↑open-heart surgery, ↑plastic surgery
2. uncountable, countable (BrE)the time during which a doctor, dentist or ↑vet is available to see patients
•morning/afternoon/evening surgery
•surgery hours
•Is there a surgery this evening?
3. countable (BrE) (NAmE office)a place where a doctor, dentist or ↑vet sees patients
•a doctor's/dentist's surgery
4. countable (BrE)a time when people can meet their Member of Parliament to ask questions and get help
•a constituency surgery
See also: ↑office

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French surgerie, contraction of serurgerie, from serurgien, based on Latin chirurgia, from Greek kheirourgia ‘handiwork, surgery’, from kheir ‘hand’ + ergon ‘work’.

Collocations:
Illnesses
Becoming ill
catch a cold/an infectious disease/the flu/(BrE) flu/pneumonia/a virus/(informal) a bug
get (BrE) ill/(NAmE) sick/a disease/AIDS/breast cancer/a cold/the flu/(BrE) flu/a migraine
come down with a cold/the flu/(BrE) flu
contract a deadly disease/a serious illness/HIV/AIDS
be infected with a virus/a parasite/HIV
develop cancer/diabetes/a rash/an ulcer/symptoms of hepatitis
have a heart attack/a stroke
provoke/trigger/produce an allergic reaction
block/burst/rupture a blood vessel
damage/sever a nerve/an artery/a tendon
Being ill
feel (BrE) ill/sick/nauseous/queasy
be running (BrE) a temperature/(NAmE) a fever
have a head cold/diabetes/heart disease/lung cancer/a headache/(BrE) a high temperature/(NAmE) a fever
suffer from asthma/malnutrition/frequent headaches/bouts of depression/a mental disorder
be laid up with/ (BrE) be in bed with a cold/the flu/(BrE) flu/a migraine
nurse a cold/a headache/a hangover
battle/fight cancer/depression/addiction/alcoholism
Treatments
examine a patient
diagnose a condition/disease/disorder
be diagnosed with cancer/diabetes/schizophrenia
prescribe/be given/be on/take drugs/medicine/medication/pills/painkillers/antibiotics
treat sb for cancer/depression/shock
have/undergo an examination/an operation/surgery/a kidney transplant/therapy/chemotherapy/treatment for cancer
have/be given an injection/(BrE) a flu jab/(NAmE) a flu shot/a blood transfusion/a scan/an X-ray
cure a disease/an ailment/cancer/a headache/a patient
prevent the spread of disease/further outbreaks/damage to the lungs
be vaccinated against the flu/(BrE) flu/the measles/(BrE) measles/polio/smallpox
enhance/boost/confer/build immunity to a disease

Example Bank:
•Dr Smith isn't in the surgery today.
•He has been performing heart surgery for ten years.
•He holds surgery from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
•I'll do morning surgery, if you like.
•I'll have to go to the surgery to pick up the prescription.
•One of his specialities is minimally invasive surgery.
•She felt weak for six months after undergoing major abdominal surgery.
•She had minor surgery on her knee.
•She has a morning surgery.
•They discussed whether patients should have to pay for all elective surgery.
•We only have a morning surgery.
•a left-handed hitter coming off elbow surgery
•emergency surgery for a twisted gut
•patients recovering from hip replacement surgery
•those attending the doctor's surgery with physical symptoms
•to undergo coronary bypass surgery
•He will need heart bypass surgery.
•I phoned the dentist's surgery and made an appointment for 2.30.
•Major surgery is rarely necessary for this condition.
•My brother went on to study surgery.
•She will require surgery on her left knee.
•The doctor had to perform emergency surgery to the patient's head.
•The president is to undergo minor surgery to remove a small growth from his hand.