noun · formal
surgery
UK/ˈsɜːdʒəri/US/ˈsɜːrdʒəri/SUR·ge·ry
Band 5-6speakingtask2
A medical operation in which a doctor cuts into someone's body to repair or remove something.
Examples
“After the accident, he needed surgery to repair his leg.”
“The hospital performs dozens of surgeries every month.”
“She will undergo surgery next week.”
Band 8 sentence
“The surgeons performed a complex surgery that required precise coordination between three teams.”
Collocations
- have surgery
- undergo surgery
- perform surgery
Word family
surgery nounsurgeon nounsurgical adjective
Common mistakes
have a surgery→have surgery / undergo surgery
do the surgery→perform the surgery
Say it for a higher band
5operation→6procedure→7+surgery
Synonyms
operation
Easily confused
operation
“He was scheduled to have an operation in the morning.”
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