surgery : Idioms & Phrases

• noun the branch of medicine that deals with the surgical repair of injuries and wounds arising from accidents
  traumatology.
  

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• that system of surgical practice which insists upon a systematic use of antiseptics in the performance of operations and the dressing of wounds.

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• noun any surgical procedure involving the brain
  

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• noun eye surgery that involves removing all or part of the lens and replacing it with an intraocular lens implant
  

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• that part of medicine or surgery which is occupied with the investigation of disease in the living subject.

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• noun heart surgery in which a small incision is made (the chest cavity is not opened)
  

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• noun open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart
  CABG; coronary bypass; coronary artery bypass graft.
  

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• noun plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised
  face lift; nip and tuck; lift; rhytidectomy; rhytidoplasty; facelift; face lifting.
  
  • some actresses have more than one face lift

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• noun an eye operation that treats glaucoma by destroying the ciliary body with a laser
  

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• noun the branch of dentistry involving surgical procedures
  

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• noun a doctor's degree in dental surgery
  DDS.
  

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• noun cataract surgery in which only the front of the lens is removed; the back of the lens capsule remains intact and provides support for the lens implant
  

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• noun any surgical procedure involving the eyes
  eye operation.
  

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• noun eye surgery that opens a passage allowing excess aqueous humor to drain into surrounding tissues; a treatment for glaucoma
  

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• noun any surgical procedure involving the heart
  

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• noun cataract surgery in which the entire lens is removed
  

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• noun eye surgery that makes many tiny laser burns in an area that will increase the drainage of aqueous humor
  

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• noun any surgical procedure that involves anesthesia or respiratory assistance
  

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• noun heart surgery in which a coronary bypass is performed on the beating heart by the use of small instruments and cameras threaded through small incisions
  

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• noun any surgical procedure that does not involve anesthesia or respiratory assistance
  

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• noun heart surgery in which the rib cage is spread open, the heart is stopped and blood is detoured through a heart-lung machine while a heart valve or coronary artery is surgically repaired
  

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• noun surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue
  anaplasty; plastic surgery.
  

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• that branch of surgery which is concerned with the repair or restoration of lost, injured, or deformed parts of the body.

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• noun heart surgery in which a coronary bypass is performed by the use of small instruments and tiny cameras threaded through small incisions while the heart is stopped and blood is pumped through a heart-lung machine
  

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• noun surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue
  anaplasty; plastic surgery.
  

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• noun surgical procedures and hormonal treatments designed to alter a person's sexual characteristics so that the resemble those of the opposite sex
  sex-change operation.
  

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• noun treatment of damaged or decaying trees
  

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• noun a surgical operation performed on the wrong part of the body
  

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