surgical skill

collocation in English

meaningsofsurgicalandskill

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surgical
adjective
uk
/ˈsɜː.dʒɪ.kəl/us
/ˈsɝː.dʒɪ.kəl/
used for ...
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skill
noun[C or U]
uk
/skɪl/us
/skɪl/
an ability to do an activity or job well, especially because you have ...
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(Definition ofsurgicalandskillfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Their clinical andsurgicalskillis the backbone of the hospital service.
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He underwent many operations, and no doubt everything that medical science andsurgicalskillcould do was done for him.
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Thirdly, the development ofsurgicalskilland immunosuppressive drugs has greatly increased the success rates, and therefore demand, for transplantation.
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The third is that, even with the facilities being available, it is thesurgicalskillof the surgeon that often saves a life which might otherwise have been lost.
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Helena about the failure to provide a doctor withsurgicalskill; and what steps he proposes to ensure all round medical service for the island.
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Surgicalskillseems to go from one new wonderful discovery to greater discovery still.
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Success requires a foundation of good tissue handling, goodsurgicalskilland hemostasis, and the bricks are the tissue processing and staining technique.
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Throughout the region he had a high reputation for hissurgicalskill, and was known for his kindly handling of patients.
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Lane'ssurgicalskill, widely renowned, exhibited imperturbable calm at difficulties encountered during operations.
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Her ambition to prove herself equal to her brother is only surpassed by hersurgicalskill.
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She nevertheless becomes popular among the other staff, both for hersurgicalskilland for her personality.
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This type of surgery requires meticuloussurgicalskill, but in straightforward cases, it can be done in about an hour.
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Buchwalds grateful patients speak of hissurgicalskill, his caring, his straightforward bedside manner, and deep knowledge.
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The prison medical service does its best to cope with this demand, but it is an expensive and not very constructive use of surgical skills.
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The neurologist, having made a diagnosis, often needs the assistance of the special surgical skills of the neurosurgeon.
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We are at risk of promoting people who are deficient in surgical skills, both in obstetrics and gynaecology, and, indeed in general surgery.
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The extension of the expectation of life has not come through technology and surgical skills, but through the improvements of water supplies and the development of public health.
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It runs events at the medical school aimed at developing the surgical skills and knowledge of its members.
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He was as famous for his womanizing as for his surgical skills.
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During the war of the subsequent centuries surgical skills developed in treating the wounded.
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