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- pronunciation:
- suhr
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| part of speech: |
noun |
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surgeries |
| definition 1: |
When doctors do surgery, they open a person's body and fix something that is wrong.
The doctors did surgery on my grandmother's knee. She can walk much better now.
- similar words:
- operation
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| definition 2: |
Surgery is the field of medicine that treats disease and injury by fixing or removing parts of the body.
My uncle wanted to study heart surgery when he was young, but he decided to become a family doctor instead. |
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