| Engels > Nederlands |
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| surgery |
| 1. operatie |
| Engels > Engels |
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| surgery |
| 1. n. (medicine) A procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body. |
| Many times surgery is necessary to prevent cancer from spreading. |
| 2. n. (medicine) The medical specialty related to the performance of surgical procedures. |
| 3. n. A room or department where surgery is performed. |
| 4. n. (British) A doctor's office. |
| I dropped in on the surgery as I was passing to show the doctor my hemorrhoids. |
| 5. n. (British) Any arrangement where people arrive and wait for an interview with certain people, particularly a politician. cf. clinic. |
| Our MP will be holding a surgery in the village hall on Tuesday. |
| 6. n. (finance, bankruptcy, slang) A pre-packaged bankruptcy or "quick bankruptcy". |
| 7. n. (topology) The production of a manifold by removing parts of one manifold and replacing them with corresponding parts of others. |
| Nederlands > Engels |
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| operatie |
| 1. n-f. operation |
| Het bedrijf is gestart met een nieuwe operatie om zijn productie te optimaliseren. - The company has initiated a new operation to optimize its production. |
| De marketingafdeling werkt aan een promotie-operatie om het nieuwe product te lanceren. - The marketing department is working on a promotional operation to launch the new product. |
| Het leger voerde een grootschalige operatie uit om terroristische dreigingen tegen te gaan. - The military conducted a large-scale operation to counter terrorist threats. |
| De school organiseerde een schoonmaak-operatie om het schoolgebouw op te knappen. - The school conducted a cleaning operation to refurbish the school building. |
| De IT-afdeling voert regelmatig een back-up-operatie uit om gegevens veilig te stellen. - The IT department regularly performs a backup operation to secure data. |
| 2. n-f. (medicine) operation, procedure, surgery |
| De dokter voerde een belangrijke operatie uit om de tumor te verwijderen. - The doctor performed an important operation to remove the tumor. |
| De operatie aan zijn gebroken been verliep succesvol. - The surgery on his broken leg was successful. |
| Het ziekenhuis voert dagelijks vele operaties uit om patiënten te behandelen. - The hospital performs many operations daily to treat patients. |
