general surgery

English

Noun

general surgery (uncountable)

(surgery) A surgical specialty that focuses on abdominal contents including the oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, liver, pancreas, gallbladder and bile ducts, and often the thyroid gland and certain diseases of the skin.

Related terms

general surgeon

Translations

surgical specialty

Chinese:
Mandarin: 普通外科 (zh) (pǔtōng wàikē), 普外科 (zh) (pǔwàikē) (short form), 普外 (zh) (pǔwài) (short form)
Finnish: yleiskirurgia
Vietnamese: phẫu thuật tổng quát (vi)

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