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a medical operation in which a developing baby is removed from a woman’s body so that it is not born alive

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a medical operation to repair an artery (=tube carrying blood around the body) that has become blocked or too narrow

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an operation in which your appendix is removed

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a medical operation to make someone’s blood flow past a blocked or damaged part of their heart rather than through it

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a medical operation in which a baby is born by being removed from a woman’s body through a cut made in her abdomen, because the baby cannot be born in the normal way.

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a caesarean

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the process of circumcising someone

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a religious ceremony or medical operation in which someone is circumcised

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a medical operation in which part of the colon is removed and a hole is made in the stomach through which solid waste can leave the body

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a caesarean

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dilation and curettage: a medical operation to remove material from inside a woman’s womb

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a medical operation in which an endoscope (=a very small camera on a long thin tube) is put into someone’s body to examine inside it

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a cut made in a woman’s vagina to make it larger so that she can give birth more easily

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a medical operation or series of operations that change a man into a woman or a woman into a man

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a medical operation in which blood is directed around a blocked blood vessel in the heart

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a medical operation for removing a woman’s womb (=the part of her body where a baby can grow)

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a type of medical operation which is performed through a very small hole in a person’s body, using very small electronic cameras

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a medical operation in which a narrow tube called a laparoscope is put into a part of the body in order to operate on it or examine it

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a cut that is made in the stomach in order to examine the inside of it

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a medical operation to remove fat from a part of someone’s body

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a medical operation in which part of someone’s brain is removed as a way of treating serious mental illness

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a medical operation to remove a lump, usually from a woman’s breast

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a medical operation in which a woman’s breast is removed

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medical operations that are done using very small pieces of equipment and a very powerful microscope

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a medical operation

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a medical operation on someone’s heart in which their chest is cut open

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the process of cutting into someone’s body for medical reasons

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a medical operation that is done in a particular way

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the process of cutting something during an operation

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a caesarean

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a medical operation or series of operations that change a man into a woman or a woman into a man

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a medical operation in which skin is taken from one part of someone’s body and put on another part of their body where skin has been damaged

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a medical operation in which a baby is removed from a woman’s body before it is completely developed, so that it is not born alive. The more usual word for this is an abortion.

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a medical operation to remove your tonsils

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a medical operation in which a hole is cut in someone’s trachea to let air into their lungs

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a medical operation in which a new organ is put into someone’s body. The organ is taken from the body of another person, especially someone who has just died, who is called a donor

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a medical operation that makes a man unable to have children. Doctors cut the tube that the man’s sperm passes through.

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