| brain surgery | any surgical procedure involving the brain |
operation
surgery surgical operation
surgical procedure
surgical process | a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments, performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body, they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available, he died while undergoing surgery |
| wrong-site surgery | a surgical operation performed on the wrong part of the body |
eye operation
eye surgery | any surgical procedure involving the eyes |
face lift
facelift
lift face lifting
cosmetic surgery
rhytidectomy
rhytidoplasty
nip and tuck | plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face, an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised, some actresses have more than one face lift |
| heart surgery | any surgical procedure involving the heart |
| closed-heart surgery | heart surgery in which a small incision is made (the chest cavity is not opened) |
| open-heart surgery | heart surgery in which the rib cage is spread open, the heart is stopped and blood is detoured through a heart-lung machine while a heart valve or coronary artery is surgically repaired |
coronary bypass
coronary bypass surgery
coronary artery bypass graft
CABG | open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart |
| port-access coronary bypass surgery | heart surgery in which a coronary bypass is performed by the use of small instruments and tiny cameras threaded through small incisions while the heart is stopped and blood is pumped through a heart-lung machine |
| minimally invasive coronary bypass surgery | heart surgery in which a coronary bypass is performed on the beating heart by the use of small instruments and cameras threaded through small incisions |
| cataract surgery | eye surgery that involves removing all or part of the lens and replacing it with an intraocular lens implant |
| intracapsular surgery | cataract surgery in which the entire lens is removed |
| extracapsular surgery | cataract surgery in which only the front of the lens is removed, the back of the lens capsule remains intact and provides support for the lens implant |
| cyclodestructive surgery | an eye operation that treats glaucoma by destroying the ciliary body with a laser |
| filtration surgery | eye surgery that opens a passage allowing excess aqueous humor to drain into surrounding tissues, a treatment for glaucoma |
| laser trabecular surgery | eye surgery that makes many tiny laser burns in an area that will increase the drainage of aqueous humor |
| major surgery | any surgical procedure that involves anesthesia or respiratory assistance |
| minor surgery | any surgical procedure that does not involve anesthesia or respiratory assistance |
plastic surgery
reconstructive surgery
anaplasty | surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue |
sexhange operation
transsexual surgery | surgical procedures and hormonal treatments designed to alter a person's sexual characteristics so that the resemble those of the opposite sex |
| oral contraception | contraception achieved by taking oral contraceptive pills |
oral sex
head | oral stimulation of the genitals, they say he gives good head |
| tree surgery | treatment of damaged or decaying trees |
operating room
OR
operating theater
operating theatre
surgery | a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations, great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic |
pill birth control pill
contraceptive pill
oral contraceptive pill
oral contraceptive
anovulatory drug
anovulant | a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception |
Sabin vaccine
oral poliovirus vaccine
OPV
trivalent live oral poliomyelitis vaccine
TOPV | an oral vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus) that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis |
| surgery | a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted, he read the warning in the doctor's surgery |
| oral personality | (psychoanalysis) a personality characterized either by generous optimism or aggressive and ambitious selfishness, formed in early childhood by fixation during the oral stage of development |
| oral smear | alimentary tract smear of material obtained from the mouth |
mouth oral cavity
oral fissure
rima oris | the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge, he stuffed his mouth with candy |
| dental surgery | the branch of dentistry involving surgical procedures |
| surgery | the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures, he is professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School |
traumatology
accident surgery | the branch of medicine that deals with the surgical repair of injuries and wounds arising from accidents |
Doctor of Dental Surgery
DDS | a doctor's degree in dental surgery |
| oral contract | an agreement that is not in writing and is not signed by the parties but is a real existing contract that lacks only the formal requirement of a memorandum to render it enforceable in litigation |
speech
speech communication
spoken communication
spoken language
language voice communication
oral communication | (language) communication by word of mouth, his speech was garbled, he uttered harsh language, he recorded the spoken language of the streets |
oral
oral exam
oral examination
viva voce
viva | an examination conducted by spoken communication |
public speaking
speechmaking
speaking
oral presentation | delivering an address to a public audience, people came to see the candidates and hear the speechmaking |
| Roberts Oral Roberts | United States evangelist (born ) |
oral herpes
herpes labialis
cold sore
fever blister | caused by herpes simplex virus type (HSV-) |
| oral cancer | malignant neoplasm of the lips of mouth, most common in men over the age of |
oral stage
oral phase | (psychoanalysis) the first sexual and social stage of an infant's development, the mouth is the focus of the libido and satisfaction comes from suckling and chewing and biting |
| oral | a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated in the mouth, fixation at this stage is said to result in dependence, selfishness, and aggression |
| oral | of or involving the mouth or mouth region or the surface on which the mouth is located, the oral cavity, the oral mucous membrane, the oral surface of a starfish |
oral
unwritten | using speech rather than writing, an oral tradition, an oral agreement |
| oral | of or relating to or affecting or for use in the mouth, oral hygiene, an oral thermometer, an oral vaccine |