in surgery
idiom
1
: being operated on
The patient is still in surgery.
2
: performing an operation
The doctor has been in surgery for two hours.
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In the following decades, these nurses provided patient care, assisted in surgery, and became experts on the disease.
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Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 8 Feb. 2025
The nurse who took the call said that Potter was in surgery and not available.
—Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 17 Jan. 2025
As the episode opens, Monty is in surgery after a hospital staffer found him, unresponsive, on the floor of his room.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 12 Jan. 2025
The source said one victim is an adult with a gunshot wound to the stomach currently in surgery and that another is a minor with unspecified injuries.
—Isabel Rosales, CNN, 4 Sep. 2024
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Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 8 Feb. 2025
The nurse who took the call said that Potter was in surgery and not available.
—Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 17 Jan. 2025
As the episode opens, Monty is in surgery after a hospital staffer found him, unresponsive, on the floor of his room.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 12 Jan. 2025
The source said one victim is an adult with a gunshot wound to the stomach currently in surgery and that another is a minor with unspecified injuries.
—Isabel Rosales, CNN, 4 Sep. 2024
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“In surgery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20surgery. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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