surgical specialty

collocation in English

meaningsofsurgicalandspecialty

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surgical
adjective
uk
/ˈsɜː.dʒɪ.kəl/us
/ˈsɝː.dʒɪ.kəl/
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specialty
noun[C]
uk
/ˈspeʃ.əl.ti/us
/ˈspeʃ.əl.ti/
a product that is extremely good in a ...
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(Definition ofsurgicalandspecialtyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The waiting time depends on the urgency of the case and thesurgicalspecialtyconcerned.
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The summaries provide a percentage breakdown by time waited and bysurgicalspecialty.
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Hissurgicalspecialtylies in the anterior segment of the eye, with a particular focus on corneal transplantation.
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Obstetrics is traditionally defined as thesurgicalspecialtydealing with the care of a woman and her offspring during pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (recovery).
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Differential classification between medical and surgical specialties could have been raised.
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It is an internationally recognizedsurgicalspecialty.
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For both adults and children, general surgery is associated with a longer length of stay than other surgical specialties included in the study.
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The qualifications of the person in this role may vary with the nature of the operation, thesurgicalspecialty, and the type of hospital or ambulatory surgical facility.
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It would be clearly wrong to interpret that this difference is due to a worse quality of care in surgical specialties.
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Participants in the study were 53 academic and private practice physicians from primary care and surgical specialties, ranging from first-year residents to those who had recently retired.
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However, some of the previously-discussed technical difficulties of assessing risk, which apply to a wide range of medical and surgical specialties, have not been repeated this time.
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The 43 specialties and subspecialties were merged into eight clinical relevant categories: general practice, laboratory medicine, internal medicine, surgical specialties, gynecology, anesthesiology, psychiatry, and public health.
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In my view the approach proposed by the working party should be studied also by those in other surgical specialties.
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Minimally invasive techniques have been used safely and effectively in various surgical specialties for many years.
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The average number of beds occupied daily in the medical and surgical specialties during 1980 was as follows.
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To some extent that is also true in some of the other surgical specialties.
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The available information on the numbers awaiting admission to surgical specialties is given in the table.
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The table gives the mean waiting time (in days) for patients admitted from the waiting list and discharged from surgical specialties during 1985.
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The table includes figures for medical staff in surgical specialties and anaesthetics and operating department assistants for the relevant years.
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