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surgery

noun as in medical procedure

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All-rounder Green has been playing as a batsman only since his return mid-year following back surgery 13 months ago.

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Someday, the author suggests, transplant recipients could be given donor cells before surgery to raise the odds of success.

He would undergo multiple surgeries, including a quadruple bypass, two angioplasties, installation of a heart pump and — in 2012 — a transplant.

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"Those who don't respond to the drugs or have severe obesity are then considered for surgery."

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He underwent knee surgery immediately and returned for the following home summer to play three Tests against India.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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