| Engelsk > Engelsk |
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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. |
| Svenska > Engelsk |
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| operation |
| 1. n-c. an operation (planned undertaking) |
| 2. n-c. an operation |
| 3. n-c. (mathematics) an operation |
| 4. n-c. (military) an operation |
