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外科学 — meaning in English

wài kē xué

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English meaning

  • operational adjective Working and ready to be used.
  • surgery noun A medical operation that involves cutting into the body to treat an illness or injury.

Senses

外科学 is used for these senses in English:

  • operational Of or relating to operations, especially military operations.
  • surgery (medicine, usually, _, uncountable) A procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body.

operational — full definition

  1. adjective Working and ready to be used.
  2. adjective Relating to the day-to-day running of an organization or system, rather than its overall strategy.

surgery — full definition

  1. noun A medical operation that involves cutting into the body to treat an illness or injury.
  2. noun UK: a doctor's office, or the scheduled hours when a doctor or politician sees people.

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