در Writing ، ممکن است لازم باشد به درمان یا عمل جراحی اشاره کنید که بیمار در بیمارستان یا هنگام انجام آزمایشات انجام داده است. چه یک عمل جراحی بستری باشد یا یک عمل سرپایی در یک کلینیک، مهم است که در مورد نحوه استفاده صحیح از واژگان پزشکی مطمئن باشید.
Active Voice
| SUBJECT | VERB (past tense) | NOUN (Object) |
|---|---|---|
| Patient | ||
| Mr X | had | *surgery/treatment. |
| Mr X | underwent | surgery/treatment. |
| Mr X | had | a colonoscopy/an X-ray. |
| Medical Staff | ||
| The doctor | performed | surgery. |
| The doctor | operated (on) | Mr X. |
*The noun ‘surgery’ is much more commonly used in medical written English, instead of ‘an operation’.
Passive Voice
| SUBJECT | VERB | OBJECT |
|---|---|---|
| Surgery | was performed | (..on Mr X). |
| Treatment | was carried out. | |
| Investigations | were carried out. | |
| An X-ray | was performed. |
surgery collocations
ADJ.major, radical | minor | extensive | further | successful, unsuccessful | keyhole, laser | invasive
One of his specialities is minimally invasive surgery.|
elective, emergency, experimental, exploratory, remedial
They discussed whether patients should have to pay for all elective surgery.
| cosmetic, plastic | general | abdominal, brain, bypass, cardiac, gastric, heart, knee, open-heart, orthopaedic, paediatric
VERB + SURGERY
have, undergo
She had minor surgery on her knee.
| perform
He has been performing heart surgery for ten years.
| need, require
after/before/during ~She felt weak for six months after undergoing major abdominal surgery.
| ~ foremergency surgery for a twisted gut
| ~ toAfter the accident, she needed extensive plastic surgery to her face.
2 place/time a doctor/dentist sees patients
ADJ.open | afternoon, evening, morning | dental, doctor’s, GP’s, veterinary
VERB + SURGERY
do, have, hold
I’ll do morning surgery, if you like. We only have a morning surgery. He holds surgery from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
| attend, go to
those attending the doctor’s surgery with physical symptoms I’ll have to go to the surgery to pick up the prescription.
SURGERY + NOUN
hours
in a/the ~Dr Smith isn’t in the surgery today.
