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Surgery vs Postsurgery - What's the difference?

surgery | postsurgery |

As a noun surgery

is a procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body.

As an adjective postsurgery is

after surgery.

As an adverb postsurgery is

after surgery.

surgery

Noun

(surgeries)
  • (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.
  • (senseid)(medicine) The medical specialty related to the performance of surgical procedures.
  • A room or department where surgery is performed.
  • *2006 , (Philip Ball), The Devil's Doctor , Arrow 2007, p. 51:
  • *:The physician's proper place was in the library, not in the surgery .
  • (British) A doctor's consulting room.
  • I dropped in on the surgery as I was passing to show the doctor my hemorrhoids.
  • (British) Any arrangement where people arrive and wait for an interview with certain people, similar to a doctor's surgery.
  • Our MP will be holding a surgery in the village hall on Tuesday.
  • (finance, bankruptcy, slang) A pre-packaged bankruptcy or "quick bankruptcy".
  • (topology) The production of a manifold by removing parts of one manifold and replacing them with corresponding parts of others.
  • Synonyms

    * (procedure) operation * (room or department) operating room, operating theatre, theatre

    Derived terms

    * meatball surgery * remote surgery * surgeon * surgical * telesurgery

    postsurgery

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • After surgery.
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    Synonyms

    * postsurgical

    Adverb

    (-)
  • After surgery.
  • Synonyms

    * postsurgically