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surgery vs wrong-site surgery

wrong-site surgery vs surgery

surgery and wrong-site surgery both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
surgery Yes No No No
wrong-site surgery Yes No No No
As nouns, wrong-site surgery is a hyponym of surgery; that is, wrong-site surgery is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than surgery:
  • surgery: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
  • wrong-site surgery: a surgical operation performed on the wrong part of the body
surgery (noun) wrong-site surgery (noun)
a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body a surgical operation performed on the wrong part of the body
a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations
a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted
the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures
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