Definition

1. Noun:
   • A medical procedure performed on a living body, involving an incision with instruments. Its purpose is to repair damage, remove diseased tissue, or arrest the progress of a disease. It is a formal, technical term synonymous with "surgery" in this context.

Usage

• The term "surgical operation" is used in formal, medical, and academic contexts to describe a planned or emergency medical intervention.
• It is often used interchangeably with "surgery," though "surgical operation" can sound slightly more formal or technical.
• It is typically modified by adjectives describing the type, purpose, or body part involved (e.g., , ).

Examples

• Noun:
  • The patient successfully recovered from the complex surgical operation.
  • A surgical operation was necessary to remove the tumor.
  • The surgical operation on his knee lasted three hours.

Advanced Usage

• "to undergo a surgical operation": This is a common collocation meaning to have surgery.
  • She had to undergo a major surgical operation.
• The phrase can be part of compound nouns specifying the type of procedure, though these are often shortened (e.g., "surgical operation" is implied in terms like , ).

Variants and Related Words

• Surgery (n): The most common synonym for "surgical operation"; can also refer to the branch of medicine or the place where operations are performed.
• Operation (n): In a medical context, it is a shortened, common form of "surgical operation." In other contexts, it can mean a different kind of procedure or a military mission.
• Procedure (n): A more general term for a series of actions conducted in a certain order; in medicine, it encompasses both surgical and non-surgical interventions.
• Surgical procedure (n): A term very similar in meaning and use to "surgical operation."

Synonyms

• Surgery
• Operation (in medical context)
• Surgical procedure
• Medical operation

Related Phrases

• To perform a surgical operation: The action done by the surgical team.
  • The team of surgeons prepared to perform the surgical operation.
• To be scheduled for a surgical operation: Refers to the planning of the procedure.
  • He was scheduled for a surgical operation the following week.

Noun

1. 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