Meanings
noungeneral surgery (countable and uncountable, plural general surgeries)
plural general surgeries
- countableuncountablemedicineA surgical specialty that focuses on abdominal contents including the oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, liver, pancreas, gallbladder and bile ducts, and often the thyroid gland and certain diseases of the skin.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 普通外科, 普外科
- 普通外科 (pǔtōng wàikē)surgical specialty
- 普外科 (pǔwàikē)surgical specialty
- 普外 (pǔwài)surgical specialty
Finnish yleiskirurgia
- yleiskirurgiasurgical specialty
Hungarian általános sebészet
- általános sebészetsurgical specialty
Polish chirurgia ogólna
- chirurgia ogólnasurgical specialty
Vietnamese phẫu thuật tổng quát
- phẫu thuật tổng quátsurgical specialty
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Chicago
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