English-Spanish translations for surgery

• cirugía
  Recientemente me he sometido a cirugía para que me extirpasen la vesícula biliar. I recently underwent surgery to remove my gall bladder.
  Algunos se arriesgan y recurren a la cirugía estética. A number take the plunge and have recourse to cosmetic surgery.
  La promoción de la cirugía estética en general es un serio problema. The promotion of cosmetic surgery in general is a major problem.
• consulta
  El Dr. Shipman podría haber llegado a una consulta cerca de cualquiera de ustedes. Dr Shipman could have come to a surgery near you.
  Hace más de ocho años, una mujer llamada Margot Cameron llegó a la consulta médica de mi colega, el Sr. Miller. Over eight years ago a woman called Margot Cameron attended a surgery held by my colleague, Mr Miller.
• consultorio
• operación
  Prescribió remedios curativos, cuando lo que obviamente se necesita es una operación seria. It prescribed homeopathic remedies where major surgery is obviously needed.
  Un hombre murió la semana pasada porque no le practicaron una sencilla operación en nuestro sistema hospitalario. A man died last week because he could not have simple surgery in our hospital system.
  De lo contrario, bastaría una operación de cirugía estética para resolver el problema del paro. If it were, a little cosmetic surgery would be enough to solve the problem of unemployment.
• cirurgía
• pabellón
• quirófano
  Concluyo haciéndome eco de lo que se ha dicho sobre el embajador Richard Holbrooke y el hecho de que sus últimas palabras antes de entrar por última vez al quirófano fueran sobre Afganistán. I end by echoing what was said about Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, and the fact that his final words as he went into his last surgery were on Afghanistan.

Definition of surgery

• A procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body
• The medical specialty related to the performance of surgical procedures
• A doctor's office
• Any arrangement where people arrive and wait for an interview with certain people, particularly a politician. ''cf''. clinic
• A pre-packaged bankruptcy or "quick bankruptcy

Examples

• Many times surgery is necessary to prevent cancer from spreading.
• I dropped in on the surgery as I was passing to show the doctor my hemorrhoids.
• Our MP will be holding a surgery in the village hall on Tuesday.

Related words

• neurosurgery
• microsurgery
• cryosurgery
• radiosurgery
• psychosurgery
• electrosurgery
• polysurgery
• telesurgery
• cardiosurgery