surgery patient
Person under anesthesia
A surgery patient is someone undergoing or recovering from a surgical procedure.
The term emphasizes their status as a recipient of surgical care: The surgery patient was moved to recovery.
It distinguishes from patients receiving other forms of treatment—medical management, therapy, or observation.
- hospitalMedical treatment facility
- operating roomSurgical procedure venue
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- general anesthesiaDrug-induced unconsciousness for surgery
- going underFailing or submerging
recovery · recovery room · hospital gown · scalpel · operating · gown · gurney · sedated · stitches · healing · preop · informed consent · postop · consent · IV · IV drip · bandages · vital
- patientsinpatients, inpatient, outpatients, outpatient
- victimsvictim, victims, casualty, survivors, fatality
medical role
surgery patientsurgeon
Physician who operates
surgical team · anesthesiologist · surgical nurse · scrub nurse · surgical assistant
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