SYLLABLE WORD
Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
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SYLLABLE WORD. An occasional term in
WORD-FORMATION for a word formed from
SYLLABLES or syllable-like elements drawn from two or more other words:
sial from the first syllables in
silicon and
alumin(
i)
um. Compare
ACRONYM,
LETTER WORD,
MONOSYLLABLE.
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Ambulatory surgery the norm for most eye procedures
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Plastic Surgery 2004: The True Plastic Surgery Reality Show Coming to Philadelphia; ASPS Annual Scientific Meeting
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Surgery center offers alternative Facility owned by physicians opens in Normal with controversy
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Bariatric surgery may become a self-pay service.(Market Memo)
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SURGERY, YES - BUT DON'T GIVE ME BLOOD AT MERITER, TRANSFUSION-FREE OPERATIONS HAVE GOTTEN MORE POPULAR, AND NOT JUST FOR RELIGIOUS REASONS.(FRONT)
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Surgery centers hire a friend; Former assemblyman made sure their fees wouldn't be capped.(NEWS)
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Surgery
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Arthroscopic Surgery
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Thoracic Surgery
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Elective Surgery
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery: A Guide for Patients and Caregivers
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Necessary Surgery
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery: A Guide for Patients and Caregivers
...elective. Purpose More than 40 million surgeries were performed in the United States...of 4.6 days in hospital. Not all surgery is an emergency. Not all surgery is medically required. Some surgeries are for cosmetic or for aesthetic enhancements...
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