Collocations for "surgery"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "surgery" in context.
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surgery
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- needs surgery on her [knee, shoulder]
- needs [knee] surgery
- needs surgery to remove the [tumor, mass]
- is going in for surgery
- a [ten-hour] surgery
- [plastic, brain, open-heart] surgery
- a [risky, routine, complicated] surgery
- the [patient, doctor] is (still) in surgery
- has not come out of surgery yet
- the surgery was a success
- the surgery [failed, succeeded]
- recovering after surgery
- recovery time after surgery
- have never had surgery before
- might not need surgery [in the end, after all]
- am afraid to [have, get] surgery
- has she had plastic surgery?
- has had plastic surgery on her [nose, breasts]
- UK: has an appointment at the (doctor's) surgery
'surgery' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
advent
- ankle
- appendix
- brain
- breast
- bypass
- canal
- clot
- cure
- dentist
- distort
- doctor
- elbow
- eyelid
- fast
- heart
- hip
- inherent
- insurance
- joint
- knee
- lip
- need
- patient
- plastic
- plump
- recovery
- regain
- replacement
- risky
- scar
- schedule
- snare
- solid
- specialist
- spine
- treat
- undergo
- vision
- wake
- wheel