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# surgery

noun (surgery, surgeries; also uncountable)

«surgery» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Medical treatment in which a doctor cuts into the body to repair or remove something; an operation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surgery/#m1)
2. (UK, Ireland, Australia) A place where you go to see a doctor or dentist; a doctor's office. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surgery/#m2)
3. (UK) The time when a doctor sees patients. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surgery/#m3)
4. (UK) A time when a politician meets local people to hear their problems. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surgery/#m4)

### In the lessons

In health and science lessons, surgery fixes broken bones or removes organs. In everyday UK life, «the doctor's surgery» is where you see your GP (US: «doctor's office»). Phrases: «have surgery», «heart surgery», «the dentist's surgery», «surgery hours».

### Examples

- Grandpa had surgery on his knee. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surgery/#x1)
- The dog needed surgery after the accident. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surgery/#x2)
- I went to the doctor's surgery with a cough. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surgery/#x3)
- Surgery hours are from 8 till 6. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surgery/#x4)
- The surgeon carried out the surgery carefully. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surgery/#x5)
- Heart surgery can save lives. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surgery/#x6)
- Great Claus got so frightened that he rushed out of the surgery, jumped into the cart, whipped up his horses, and drove home quickly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surgery/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable for the treatment (have surgery), countable for the place (two surgeries). A «surgeon» is the doctor who does the surgery. US: «surgery» is only the operation; the place is the «doctor's office».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «surgery» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surgery/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«surgery» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/surgery.html) on Mova free.