elective
adjective
formaluk/iˈlek.tɪv/us/iˈlek.tɪv/(of amedicaltreatment)chosenby thepatientratherthanurgentlyneeded:
electivesurgery非急需施行的手术
Thisprocedurewas elective and non-urgent.
She had her firstchildby an electiveCaesareansection.
An electivepositionorsystemis one whichinvolvespeoplevotingin anelection:
I amconsideringseekingelectiveofficeas a way tobringaboutchange.
Friedrich V waselectedKing of Bohemia (Bohemia was an electivemonarchy).
- Lasereyetreatmentquicklybecamethe mostpopularelectivesurgeryin thecountry.
- While some electivesurgerieswerepostponed,emergencyandoutpatienttreatmentcontinuedasnormal.
- She hadrecurrenttonsillitisand wasadmittedfor an elective tonsillectomy.
- Thepartyintroducedrulesrequiringthat 50% of electiveofficesbeheldby women.
- He referred to thecountryas "an electivedictatorship".
Medical treatment: surgery
- a nip and tuckidiom
- ablate
- adrenalectomy
- amputation
- amputee
- anaesthesiology
- anaesthetize
- excise
- implantation
- incision
- interoperative
- intraoperative
- knife
- laminectomy
- sex reassignment surgery
- snip
- splenectomy
- spreader
- stereotactic
- transfusion
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Medical treatment: general words
Elections
elective
noun[C]
uk/iˈlek.tɪv/us/iˈlek.tɪv/asubjectthat someonechoosestostudy, inadditionto thesubjectsthat they have tostudyaspartof acourse:
During theMBAyou willchooseten to twelve electives from alargeandvariedportfolio.在整个工商管理硕士学习阶段,你需要从大量不同的课程中选修10到12门。
- Students arestronglyencouragedto take twoyearsof aforeignlanguage, and can thenchoosefrom eight other electives.
- You can take mysociologyclassas an elective nextyear.
University & college education
- academe
- academia
- anti-university
- beadle
- business school
- grad
- graduate
- hall
- hall of residence
- honour
- Oxon
- pass degree
- poly
- polytechnic
- post-college
- the groves of academeidiom
- trimester
- varsity
- vice chancellor
- warden