surgeries
n. C / Un. medical operations where a doctor cuts into a person's body to fix or remove a part. It can also mean the offices where doctors or dentists work.
n. medical procedures involving an incision with instruments, typically to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body. In British English, refers to the rooms or scheduled times during which a doctor or dentist sees patients.
The patient needed two surgeries to repair his broken leg.
After several successful surgeries, the athlete was finally able to return to professional competition.
Modern medical advancements have transformed once-dangerous surgeries into routine outpatient procedures, significantly reducing recovery times and the risk of post-operative complications.
Countable when referring to specific medical operations or physical clinics; uncountable when referring to the general field of surgery, though the plural form 'surgeries' strongly implies the countable sense.
The doctor performed a surgery on me.The doctor performed surgery on me.When referring to the medical activity in general, 'surgery' is uncountable; use 'an operation' or 'a surgical procedure' if you need a countable noun.